VISION

The Nova Scotia Indigenous Tourism Enterprise Network (NSITEN) works towards building long-term relationships with Mi’kmaw business owners, artists and crafters, cultural knowledge keepers and of course our community leadership.  Together we will increase opportunities and help to grow Indigenous tourism in our traditional Mi’kmaw territories.

We will also work with the mainstream tourism players to help create more cultural awareness about who we are, our authentic cultural practices as well as the real history of this land.  We want to work together will all of our partners to increase business opportunities but also cultural revitalization.  We believe that through the efforts of our organization we will begin to see our investments in building these very important relationships turn into sustainable investments.  We welcome you to join us on this journey!

EVENTS

Regional Indigenous Tourism Sessions

“Creating understanding through culturally authentic experiences.”

Open to all of the general public including our non-Indigenous partners who are interested in learning more about our organization or who are interested in partnering with us or joining as an associate member.

All presentations are geared as information sessions to help promote the work the organization is doing to promote Indigenous cultural tourism.

Projects

Supporting Cultural Businesses

The NSITEN supports cultural businesses and communities through the development of specific project based training and development initiatives aimed at growing the capacity of individuals, businesses and community lead tourism initiatives.

PROJECT #1

Creating an Updated Database

v

PROJECT #2

Hosting Regional Tourism Sessions

Project #3

Hosting a Provincial Summit on Indigenous Tourism

Project #4

Building on an Atlantic Indigenous Tourism Strategy

Membership

Creating Sustainable Development

The NSITEN are targeting new and existing Indigenous artists, crafters, traditional knowledge keepers and band enterprises interested in joining our organization. Our role is to represent, promote and provide benefits as part of our ongoing organizational support services.