City of Guelph is doubling its COVID-19 tourism recovery fund to $700,000.City council approved the additional funding of $370,000 during a meeting on May 31, which should help tourism-focused organizations and businesses through the pandemic recovery.
Guelph lays out plans to open summer day camps, splash pads, pools In a news release on Thursday, the city’s manager of tourism Matthew Hardy said the coronavirus hit the local tourism industry hard.“Through the application process, we saw an ask of over $1.6 million to meet applicants’ recovery needs,” he said.“We’re happy that council approved extra funding as this put us in a better position to help support the tourism industry as they find ways to recover, adapt, and position themselves.