Newfoundland and Labrador Product Development Strategy

- 269 -It is important to note that the list below is not necessarily comprehensive. There may verywell be other projects that fit with the overall strategy that should be considered in the variousregions and destination areas. And, it may well be that some of the project ideas on this listare found, on further evaluation, to not be worthy of pursuit.Terra Nova/Eastport Peninsula/Salvage (Road to the Beaches)This destination area is particularly popular with Newfoundland & Labrador residents – TerraNova National Park and golf course and the beach and cottage areas of the Eastport peninsulaare key strengths. Salvage is a classic ‘outport’ community with limited visitor servicesalthough it is becoming an increasingly popular place to visit. Much of the accommodationplant in this area is cottages which tend to be rented on a weekly basis with high levels ofrepeat visitation from local markets. Likewise, Terra Nova National Park’s camping facilitiesand the other accommodations in the region receive high levels of visitation fromNewfoundlanders, making it more difficult for tourists to stay in this area. There is a limitedsupply of higher quality accommodation. Terra Nova National Park has been working on anumber of initiatives and events including a late spring event based on Eagle watching.Suggested Tourism Development Ideas Worthy of Further Consideration° Expanded interpretive and activity programming and packages at Terra Nova NationalPark – hiking, sea kayaking, photography, birding, wildlife viewing° An initiative to link existing hiking trails from Terra Nova National Park to Salvage tocreate a world class hiking experience is being worked on by the Road to the Beaches andTNNP. The trails would offer marine vistas, and opportunities for wildlife viewing andbirding.° Further development of natural history festival – The Eagle Festival at TNNP in JuneTwillingate/Notre Dame BayThis area offers the visitor scenic rugged beauty, numerous harbours and coves and many ofthe province’s tourism icons – icebergs, whales, lighthouse, living fishing village, and localculture and entertainment as well as established attractions such as Boyd’s Cove BeothukInterpretation Centre, Prime Berth – the Twillingate Fishing Museum, and the Long PointLighthouse and Interpretation Centre. While Twillingate offers a mix of basic services,accommodations and food and beverage services are limited with respect to both supply andvariety, and the area is largely a day trip visit, particularly for the group tour market.There is a recent tourism strategy for Twillingate and Islands area with a number of proposalsas part of a plan to build more of a critical mass of attractions and activities in the area tomake it a destination. Most of the suggested tourism development ideas presented belowwere contained in this strategy and have been proposed in the context of making Twillingateand Islands more of a destination area. As part of this overall strategy there is also a need foraccommodations; this is discussed later in this section of the report.THE ECONOMIC PLANNING GROUP of Canada Newfoundland & Labrador Tourism Product DevelopmentD. W. Knight Associates Strategy and Accommodation Needs Study