Department of Tourism and Culture
Department Overview
Tourism Cooperative Marketing Fund (TCMF)
The Tourism Co-operative Marketing Fund is designed to assist tourism businesses, First Nations governments, municipalities and organizations to market their Yukon tourism product.
It makes funding available to market-ready or trade-ready businesses, tourism organizations and tourism partnerships. It is a 50/50 cost share program.
Projects must meet equity requirements and may include new marketing initiatives or tourism industry trade and consumer show attendence.
Individual businesses are eligible for 50% funding to a maximum of $35,000/year. Partnerships, and Destination Mangement Organizations (DMOs) are eligible for 50% funding to a maximum of $105,000/year.
New for 2010:
Increase in funding! Businesses are now eligible for up to $35K / year and DMO's eligible for $105K / year.
Payments for Marketing Projects will now be paid out at 50% at time of signing agreement and 50% or balance of actual expenses, upon submission of the final report.
Note
Business, Market and Trade-Ready Criteria
To be eligible for Tourism Cooperative Marketing Funding, both Trade and Consumer Show and Marketing, businesses must be either market or trade-ready. When responding to the market and trade ready questions, businesses should be prepared to provide proof of adherence to the criteria as it relates to the project they are applying for.
On-line Applications
Please allow a few moments for the application to download.
Applications cannot be saved during the process of filling them out. Please allow time to complete your application in one go. When you complete and send, a copy of your application will be sent to your e-mail address.
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