Ms. Helen Jean Newman at the Canadian Heritage Committee

On October 18th, 2011. See this statement in context.

October 18th, 2011 / 9:15 a.m.

Executive Director, Marketing, Tourism and Parks, Government of New Brunswick

I can start with New Brunswick.

We have about 33,000 people employed in full-time-equivalent positions in the province of New Brunswick. In addition to that, tourism represents about 3.2% of New Brunswick's provincial GDP, which is among one of the higher GDPs in Canada for tourism.

I also like to say, because I'm a tourism marketer, that from a GDP perspective, tourism in New Brunswick represents more than the combined total of fishing, forestry, and agriculture, as far as what it contributes to the economy.

In addition, it generates about $218 million of actual tax revenue for the Province of New Brunswick, where our revenue is about $1.3 billion or $1.5 billion a year.

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