"It'll benefit indigenous people in Indigenous businesses and Indigenous entrepreneurs," said Iserhoff, who hails from the Madawaska Maliseet First Nation. Explore Edmonton, the city's tourism and convention authority, signed the memorandum with Indigenous Tourism Alberta earlier this week with an aim to support the development and marketing of Indigenous tourism businesses in the region. Shae said Indigenous tourism was the fastest growing tourism sector in both Alberta and Canada pre-pandemic with around 150 businesses operating across the province. But like other tourism sectors, Indigenous tourism has been hit hard by COVID-19. Radio Active 8:50 Edmonton's plan to support Indigenous tourism operators We speak with Indigenous Tourism Alberta and a First Nations business owner about a new memorandum of understanding with the city's tourism authority.

Source: CBC News March 12, 2021 01:41 UTC