Ontario Tourism Recovery Program

The Ontario Tourism Recovery Program (OTRP) will support eligible tourism businesses that have been hardest hit by COVID-19. OTRP is a competitive, application-based program supporting private-sector tourism businesses that are significant drivers for their regional tourism economies.

Program funding will help successful applicants:

• prepare to reopen safely
• develop adaptative and innovative tourism products
• retain and create tourism jobs
• support tourism recovery in their region and throughout Ontario

Successful applicants can use funding for expenditures, such as:

• reopening and operating expenses, including staff salaries and maintenance
• health and safety measures to support the safety of visitors and workers
• attracting visitors through tourism product and experience improvements and marketing

As part of the OTRP eligibility criteria, applicants must have experienced eligible revenue decline of at least 50% in the reported 2020–2021 year (COVID impact year), compared to fiscal year-end 2019 (pre-COVID baseline year).

For full program information, please view the Ontario Tourism Recovery Program page on the Ontario Ministry of Heritage, Sport, Tourism and Culture website.