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TOURISM INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF BC

TIABC Member Survey | Wildfire Impacts on British Columbia's Tourism Sector

INTRODUCTION
TIABC understands that the wildfires currently being experienced in regions across the province are affecting tourism operators, businesses, employees, visitors, and communities. We recognize that these situations can create uncertainty, disruption and considerable pressure, whether a business is directly threatened by wildfire or experiencing indirect effects related to access visitor perceptions, changing demands or emergency-response needs.

Our thoughts are with our members and communities during this difficult time. TIABC wants to ensure that those being affected feel heard, supported, and represented. This survey is one of the ways we can better understand what members are experiencing and identify where support and communication are most needed.

This may be one of several surveys TIABC distributes over the next few weeks as wildfire conditions continue to change and new impacts emerge. Your responses will help TIABC identify immediate concerns, monitor ongoing impacts, and better understand how tourism businesses and organizations are contributing to emergency response and community support efforts.

CONFIDENTIALITY

All survey responses will be treated as confidential. Information shared through this survey will be used to help TIABC communicate on behalf of our members with government, tourism-sector partners, emergency management organizations, and other decision-makers.
1.Which category best describes your business or organization?
2.Where is your business or organization located? Please provide the following:
3.How many people does your business or organization currently employ during its primary operating season?
4.Which of the following best describes your business or organization's experience with wildfires this season? Please select all that apply.
5.What is the current operating status of your business or organization?
6.Compared with what you would normally expect at this time of year, what changes has your business or organization experienced in bookings, visitation, or revenue?
7.Do you believe wildfire-related information provided by the media or shared on social media has influenced travel plans involving your business, organization, or community?
8.How has information provided by tourism organizations, emergency services, or government agencies supported your business or organization and the services you provide to visitors?

Please describe whether this information has helped your business respond to visitor questions, communicate current conditions, provide travel information, adjust services, or support visitors in other ways.
9.Have visitors cancelled or postponed travel even though your business remains open, accessible, and outside the immediate wildfire area?
10.Please describe any common questions, concerns, or misunderstandings you are hearing from visitors.
11.Has your business or organization experienced increased visitor demand because another community, destination, highway, attraction, or tourism business was affected by wildfire?
12.If you answered yes to the above question, please describe the type of increased demand and whether your business had the staff, supplies, accommodation, or operating capacity required to respond.
13.Does your business or organization have interruption insurance coverage that may apply to wildfire-related losses or disruptions?
14.What support or action would be most helpful to your business, organization, or community?

You may share specific examples, visitor concerns, emergency-response communications, or recommendations you would like TIABC to communicate to government and tourism-sector partners.
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