Newfoundland and Labrador Product Development Strategy

- 265 -Section 16Central RegionOverviewThe Central Region of the province covers a vast area from Terra Nova National Park in theeast to the western reaches of the Baie Verte Peninsula and south through Bay d’Espoir andwest to beyond Ramea. Its tourism products and experiences are equally diverse, as are itslandscapes and natural and cultural heritage. In the eastern part of the region, Terra NovaNational Park and its extensive camping facilities, Terra Nova Lodge and Golf Course and theEastport Peninsula with its beaches, are popular vacation destinations for the resident market.The Kittiwake Coast area offers three or four different experiences – the Road to the Shorewhich takes the visitor along a largely coastal route through small communities, offers theBarbour Living Heritage Village as an emerging attraction. The Twillingate Islands area isknown for its icebergs and whalewatching tours, and also has appealing cultural and heritageattributes. Fogo and Change Islands offer the visitor a truly unique cultural and outportexperience – although not yet an established tourism destination and with a shortage of visitorservices, the Islands Experience offers future potential. Gander and Grand Falls-Windsor arethe main service centres in the region, offering access to the rural and coastal areas includingthe Bay of Exploits and Leading Tickles.The southern portion of the Central Region is largely wilderness with spectacular coastalfjords, cliffs and outport communities along the south coast. Much of this area is accessibleonly by passenger ferry. In the interior regions, such as the Head of Bay d’Espoir and theConne River area, the Aboriginal community is developing a number of cultural tourismproducts such as the Conne River Pow Wow.The Central region of the province has been working at developing its winter tourism productcentred around snowmobiling. Anetwork of trails is alreadySupply of Accommodations in Central Region: % of Totalcompleted and efforts are nowunderway to finish a link from80%70%Deer Lake across to Badger and 70%Grand Falls which will provide a60%connection to the trails in westernNewfoundland.50%Accommodation Supply andDemandSupply° The Central Region has almost1,500 units of accommodation,40%30%20%10%0%THE ECONOMIC PLANNING GROUP of Canada Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism Product DevelopmentD. W. Knight Associates Strategy and Accommodation Needs Study32%32%7%21%13% 14%9%Hotel/Motel B&B Cottages B&B/InnProp'tsUnits