Gay Tourism Holds Great Potential for PEI
A recently released report from Travel Gay Canada indicates the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual, Transgender) tourism market in Canada represents almost $7 Billion in annual spending in 2011. The report identifies the market as 2 million gay travellers with Prince Edward Island attracting only 2% of that market compared to Nova Scotia and New Brunswick who get 6%. Our neighbouring provinces generate 3 times the revenue from the gay travel market than we do. Significantly though, LGBT travellers stay longer when they visit PEI than either...
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