Researchers to study virus’ impact on tourism
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This article was published 22/09/2020 (1931 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The federal government recently awarded Brandon University a $16,880 grant to help its staff properly study the impact COVID-19 is having on Westman tourism.
According to a Monday morning news release, BU researchers Doug Ramsey, Christopher Malcolm and Derrek Eberts will use this grant to examine how small-town museums, outdoor recreation and event-based tourism are being affected in the wake of the pandemic.
The trio also hope to learn how people working within the Westman tourism industry plan to recover from this unprecedented time in human history.
“It seems evident that some areas and sectors of tourism gained with the ‘stay-cation’ summer,” Malcolm said in Monday’s release. “However, we are very concerned about other areas, including facilities such as the Keystone Centre and related businesses and services in Brandon.”
Monday’s release went on to reveal that these BU researchers will be working with members of the City of Brandon, Travel Manitoba, Tourism Westman and the Association of Manitoba Museums throughout this project.
This $16,880 research grant is part of a broader federal initiative, where the government is investing a total of $4 million into 172 research projects across the country through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada’s Partnership Engage Grants program.
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