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Yukon’s Visitor Information Centres begin opening for summer season
June 30, 2020
Yukon’s Visitor Information Centres will open to the public.
New works selected for the 2020 Yukon Permanent Art Collection
June 4, 2020
Yukon Permanent Art Collection welcomes 11 new works.
Statement from Minister of Tourism and Culture Jeanie Dendys on National Tourism Week
May 25, 2020
Minister of Tourism and Culture Jeanie Dendys has issued the following statement to mark the kick-off of the 2020 National Tourism Week.
Yukon organizations receive $821,800 in Arts Operating Funds
May 25, 2020
Annual Arts Operating Fund recipients announced.
Interim supports for arts and culture sectors announced
March 27, 2020
Three temporary funding initiatives in place to support Yukon artists, businesses, not-for-profit organizations and collectives during COVID-19 pandemic.
Government announces $1 million increase to tourism cooperative marketing fund
March 27, 2020
Government injects $1 million into tourism industry COVID-19 relief
New Yukon Tourism Advisory Board appointed
March 19, 2020
New Yukon Tourism Advisory Board members bring diversity of experience and a broad range of tourism sector expertise.
Watson Lake Air Terminal Building designated a Yukon Historic Site
December 5, 2019
Built during World War II as part of the Northwest Staging Route, the building joins nine other Yukon Historic Sites
New Yukon Permanent Art collection acquisitions exhibited at Yukon College
November 29, 2019
11 new Yukon Permanent Art Collection acquisitions are on exhibition at the Yukon College Innovation Commons.
Survey finds Yukoners strongly support tourism
November 13, 2019
Results from the first Resident Perceptions of Tourism Survey indicate strong support for tourism in Yukon.