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Economic development and tourism
Tourism under the northern lights
Aurora domes in the boreal forest, Indigenous-led experiences and a winter package.
Idea for assessment, not an approved project
The problem
What residents describe today.
Wood Buffalo has long, dark winter nights, and visitors have few reasons to stay in winter.
Evidence
Long winter nights are a fact. Visitor demand for winter aurora trips here, and any possible dome site, have not been assessed.
The idea
An approach to assess.
- Heated glass domes in the boreal forest for aurora viewing, on a site still to be assessed.
- Indigenous-led experiences, where the communities decide how their stories are shared.
- A winter package: aurora alerts, a winter festival, trails and lakes.
- Every tourism dollar and result reported in public.
Before anything happens
What this idea still needs.
- Tarrabin Consulting's role
- Tarrabin Consulting wrote this idea and can advise on it. We do not run these services and we hold no approval to build them. Any decision belongs to the people and organizations responsible.
- Decisions needed
- Whether winter tourism is a priority, where a site could be, who would invest and operate it, and how communities decide what is shared about their culture.
- Next step to test it
- A demand and site study, with Indigenous-led parts designed only with the communities that choose to take part.
- Communities
- Where an idea touches First Nations or Métis communities, those communities decide. Nothing goes ahead without their written mandate, and the Crown's duty to consult stays with the Crown.
Video
Video in preparation
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Your opinion
Three questions. Under a minute.
Is this a problem for you, and would this idea help? Your answers are counted with everyone else's.
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