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Case Study 2
Association of the Most Beautiful
Villages of Quebec
- • Founded by Jean-Marie Girardville
in 1997, the Association of the Most Beautiful Villages
in Quebec encourages villages to preserve their authentic
character and heritage qualities in order to increase
tourism.
- • To qualify, a village must have
a beautiful or distinctive location and have authentic
high-quality architecture.
- • Some 29 villages have qualified
in nine tourist regions of Quebec, including Knowlton,
an old Loyalist settlement on Brome Lake, and Kamouraska
on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River, where
traditional fishing methods are still used.
- • The “most beautiful village”
designation has attracted tourists who, in turn, support
local artisans, farms, inns and B&Bs.
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Other Useful Links:
Want More Details?
- • Contact the Heritage
Canada Foundation for the report Built Heritage: Assessing a Tourism Resource, 2002. The 2002 Heritage Canada Conference Proceedings, Discovering Heritage Tourism, might also be useful.
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