Oxford County recently welcomed visitors from Atlantic Canada to showcase Oxford’s excellence in tourism. The Culinary Tourism Alliance organized the trip to bring representatives of the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency to Oxford for a best practices mission. 

Representatives from Tourism Newfoundland and Labrador, Tourism PEI, Hospitality Newfoundland & Labrador, Taste of Nova Scotia, and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency came to Oxford for two days before heading to the Niagara Region. Tourism operators who aspire to grow culinary and agritourism in their home provinces from Atlantic Canada were also on hand. 

Tourism Oxford’s Meredith Maywood and Joanne Wolnik from Ontario’s Southwest led the tour, sharing insights into how Oxford County and Ontario’s Southwest work together to support destination development in Oxford County and showcasing some of the unique and mouth-watering culinary tourism destinations in Oxford County. The group visited local tourism attractions that have won multiple local, regional and provincial awards for experiential tourism in Udderly Ridiculous Farm Life, Ottercreek Woodworks and SixThirtyNine and stayed at the Elmhurst Inn and Spa.

Oxford County also hosted a best practices mission in July of 2023, welcoming visitors from Flanders, Belgium. The representatives from Flanders came to Oxford to learn best practices, product development and experiential tourism from Tourism Oxford and local tourism operators as part of a visit to Oxford County, Prince Edward County and the Niagara Region.