By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com WEBEQUIE \u2014 Remote tourism camp operators and First Nations economic development officials say they want to see a revival in the far north\u2019s wilderness tourism sector. There are several privately-owned wilderness camps in the far north under the auspices of a coalition called the Native Camp Operators Alliance, said Glen Wabasse, the economic development officer in Webequie. The alliance is under the economic development umbrella of Matawa First Nations, who Wabasse said would actively market the camps at venues like large outdoors shows in the United States. But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to all that, Wabasse said. \u201cWhen the COVID pandemic happened, that’s when everything kind of seized (up), and hasn’t picked up since,\u201d he said. Wabasse… <\/p>\n
By Matt Prokopchuk, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, TBnewswatch.com WEBEQUIE \u2014 Remote tourism camp operators and First Nations economic development officials say they want to see a revival in the far north\u2019s wilderness tourism sector. There are several privately-owned wilderness camps in the far north under the auspices of a coalition called the Native Camp Operators Alliance, said Glen Wabasse, the economic development officer in Webequie. The alliance is under the economic development umbrella of Matawa First Nations, who Wabasse said would actively market the camps at venues like large outdoors shows in the United States. But the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to all that, Wabasse said. \u201cWhen the COVID pandemic happened, that’s when everything kind of seized (up), and hasn’t picked up since,\u201d he said. Wabasse... <\/p>\n