Tour the Island winners are about to receive a warm memento of their vacation on Prince Edward Island this past summer. The initiative is designed to encourage both visitors and Islanders to travel and enjoy all of Prince Edward Island with an added bonus of qualifying to win a prize of PEI Souvenir apparel. As required by the program, travellers must participate in at least one of three Island tours:
COMMUNITY MUSEUMS PASSPORT PROGRAM - Participants who visit seven community museum sites across the Island and have their Community Passport stamped.
TIP TO TIP CERTIFICATE PROGRAM - Participants who visit the Souris Visitor Information Centre and the North Cape Interpretive Centre and receive a "Tip to Tip" certificate.
ISLAND LIGHTHOUSES PROGRAM - Participants who visit five of the seven Lighthouses listed in the "Lighthouses" brochure and have their brochure stamped/initialled at the lighthouse sites and receive a Lighthouse Lovers Certificate.
"This campaign is a great way to entice travellers to see more of the Island," said Jeffrey Lantz, Minister of Tourism. "The tour provides initiative for visitors to see parts of Prince Edward Island that they may not have planned to visit and offers the added benefit of the possibility of a great prize as a memento."
Winners for the 2002 summer season included travellers from the following areas: Massachusetts (2), Pennsylvania (1), Maine (1), Ohio (1), Alberta (2), Ontario (2), and Quebec (1).
The Tour The Island promotion runs from mid-June to October 15. Participants may enter one ballot for each of the tours completed with ballot boxes located in all Provincial Visitor Information Centres. Entrants must show a Visitor Centre counsellor a stamped Community Passport, a Tip-to-Tip Certificate or a initialled/stamped Lighthouse brochure or Lighthouse Lovers Certificate in order to enter this contest. A ballot can then be completed, stamped by the counsellor and entered in the ballot box at the Visitor Centre.