In the provincial budget released on Tuesday, tourism funding increased overall, but a few individual sites ended up on a list of cuts. Last fiscal year, the province spent $87.8 million on tourism, and under the new budget, $92.8 million is budgeted. But while the budget overall grew for tourism, a memo distributed to reporters from the province said that 10 “underutilized” provincially-owned tourism and heritage sites that saw under 5,000 annual visitors would be divested. Grand Manan Mayor Bonnie Morse said Anchorage Provincial Park is popular with locals as well as tourists. Clouston said she understands that governments have to make hard decisions about funding, but she said the budget for tourism is already small to begin with.

Source: CBC News March 18, 2026 13:33 UTC