Awards
and accolades

 

Travel and Tourism Awards

2021 Best National Culinary Tourism Development & Promotional Organization

Ontario Tourism Award of Excellence

2020 Tourism Marketing Awards for Campaign Over 50K: 50 Best Explores Ontario

Premier’s Award for Agri-food and Innovation Excellence

2016 Regional Award Winner

FoodTrekking Travel Trade Awards

2016 Best Food or Beverage Destination Marketing

The Wine Tasting Challenge by the Cool Climate Oenology and Viticulture Institute

2015 Donald Ziraldo Award for innovation, development and inspiration

CTA
in the News

Here you’ll find a sample
of articles featuring our successes, predictions
and expertise.

  • Culinary tourism boosting local economies
    2022 GlobeAndMail.com

  • Ontario’s winemakers and dairies are thrilled to see tourists returning — and a new campaign might lure in some more
    2021 thestar.com

  • Essex County wineries raise a glass to easing of border restrictions
    2021 cbc.ca

  • The Open Road of Culinary Tourism
    2021 country-guide.ca

  • Newstalk 610: Liz Fleming Travels
    2020 iheartradio.ca/610cktb

  • Tourism Saskatoon joins national program serving up culinary, winter and off-season experiences
    2020 saskatoon.ctvnews.ca

  • Despite the challenges, optimism abounds for agri-tourism in Niagara
    2020 niagarathisweek.com

  • Agricultural Rebranding Could Lead To Caribbean Food Security
    2019 Forbes.com

  • Celebrating The Local Food Movement And Canada's Place In It
    2016 HuffingtonPost.ca

  • N.B. hoping to score hungry visitors with food tourism strategy
    2018 CBC.ca

  • The Big Business of Food Tourism and Why It Matters
    2018 Skift.com

  • Hungry for Local Food? Feast On Helps You to Dine Like a Real Local

    2019 TorontoLife.com

  • There's Exciting Food In Canada's Ontario Region That You Should Know
    2019 Forbes.com

  • Destination Northern Ontario and Indigenous Tourism Ontario take next steps in the strategy to promote Indigenous food tourism
    2019 TimminsToday.com

  • Market hungry for Indigenous food tourism
    2019 NorthernOntarioBusiness.com

  • How the Rise of Digital Media Drove Food Culture and Tourism

    2015 Skift.com

  • Sudbury launches tourism strategy to lure visitors with food, food experiences
    2018 CBC.ca

  • Toronto chefs are going wild for furry pigs
    2016 BlogTO.com

  • Port Hope’s Cultivate Festival reveals economic impact
    2017 NorthumberlandNews.com

  • How Culinary Tourism Is Becoming a Growing Trend in Travel

    2015 huffingtonpost.ca