saint john · 2018. 9. 17. · #saintawesome a look at saint john’s growing tourism momentum...
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#SAINTAWESOMEA LOOK AT SAINT JOHN’S GROWING TOURISM MOMENTUM
Discover Saint John is a not-for-profit public-private corporation with the mandate to increase tourism revenues in Saint John by marketing the city’s unique and competitive tourism experiences to high-potential markets.
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Discover Saint John invests $1.8M to drive
an industry worth $266M
RECORD HIGHS IN 2017
Upcoming major events.
ROYAL CANADIAN LEGION DOMINION
CONVENTION WORLD U17 HOCKEY
CHALLENGE RED KNIGHTS MOTORCYCLE CLUB INTERNATIONAL
CONVENTION
WOOP
Street artist Sean Yoro (Hula)
battled the Bay of Fundy Tides while painting from his
paddleboard. OVER 25M VIDEO VIEWS.
BOOM
Tourism supports economic and
population growth by showcasing the Saint John community as an ATTRACTIVE PLACE
TO LIVE AND WORK.
Source: Destination Marketing Association of Canada. © 2018 Discover Saint John.
#SAINTAWESOMEis spreading widely on social media with over
30K MENTIONS just on Instagram
5.6%
$267M tourism dollars added
to Saint John’s economy in 2017.
(up 12% from 2015)
(up 8% from 2015)
Hotel room revenues
GROW
SALMON RUN PUBLIC ART
INSTALLATION = added vibrancy and more reasons to explore
AWESOME
SAINT JOHN
NEW RECORD
NEW RECORD
NEW RECORD
#SAINTAWESOME
3%1.7 million people visited Saint John
since 201518%
WOW
TRIBE
LOCAL BUSINESSES are members of
Discover Saint John
OVER
500
NICE
100+ days out-of-province
selling the city80+ CLIENTS hosted
1000+ SALES CONTACTS maintained
$62.5M new business won
since 2012.
$13M won in 2017.
$8M WON YTD IN 2018!
CLOSER
OUTSTANDING