Art / Culture in Canada
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CANADA, 2014/03/22
Squamish Initial Country Chief Ian Campbell, wearing a cedar strip headdress and a sea shell-covered vest that makes clicking noises each time he moves, earned a standing ovation in Namibia, Africa, last fall for his passionate, no-notes invitation to book an authentic aboriginal travel experience in British Columbia.
Campbell had the additional than 600 delegates at the Adventure Travel World Summit standing and clapping — calling for additional of what B.C.’s aboriginal tourism supporters are calling a cultural, spiritual and meaningful tourism experience.
Keith Henry, Aboriginal Tourism Association of B.C.’s chief executive officer, says he’s had similar experiences in Australia and New Zealand, nations long considered innovators at the same time as it comes to developing aboriginal tourism markets, but it’s the Australians and New Zealanders who presently are looking to B.C. for new ideas.
