RTO 9 is pleased to announce that we have awarded over 15 tourism operators with funding to support projects from across the region from now until September 5th, 2022. The Partnership Fund program is an initiative designed with the intent to make the South Eastern Ontario region a premiere travel destination.
The project categories for this year’s applications included New or Enhanced Tourism Product/Experience, Digitizing Your Tourism Business, and Signage.
The following is the list of the successful recipients from our first intake period.
Funding assistance to include Thomas Tugboat at the Tall Ships Festival.
New signage to increase wayfinding and visibility.
New signage to increase visibility.
New signage to increase visibility.
New signage to increase wayfinding.
Funding assistance for website & content upgrades.
Funding assistance for their event, ‘Kemptville Street Piano Concert Series.’
New signage to increase visibility.
Funding assistance for their new Disc Golf Course.
Funding assistance for their event, ‘A Glengarry Affair.’
Funding assistance for their event, ‘Kingston Artfest.’
Funding assistance for their event, ‘County Noir.’
Funding assistance for website content and social media.
New signage to increase visibility.
New signage to increase wayfinding and visibility.
New signage to increase wayfinding.
Funding assistance for their event, ‘Red Hot & Blue Rockabilly Weekend.’
Funding assistance for website & content upgrades.
To provide additional time for planning of projects later in the year, a second application intake period will be available in mid-summer for projects occurring between September 6, 2022-March 31, 2023. Our next intake for applications will open on July 5 – July 25, 2022. Learn more about our Partnership Funding Program here. If you have further questions, you are encouraged to contact Lori McIsaac, Director of Experiential Tourism Development at lmcisaac@region9tourism.ca.
About RTO 9
RTO 9 is a regional tourism organization established in 2010 that is funded by the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism, and Culture Industries. RTO 9 actively promotes tourism for the South Eastern Ontario region and works to support and grow the tourism industry through marketing, product development, investment attraction, and workforce development initiatives. The regions of South Eastern Ontario are 1000 Islands Gananoque, Bay of Quinte, Brockville, Cornwall and Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry Counties, Frontenac County, Kingston, Lennox and Addington, Prince Edward County and the 1000 Islands and Rideau Canal Waterways.