New Brunswick Travel Incentive Generates $ 5.8 Million in Spending – New Brunswick | The Canadian News

The New Brunswick Travel Incentive has come to an end with 21,855 claims made to date.

The rebate, which was introduced to help boost the province’s tourism industry during the pandemic, provided a 20 percent rebate on eligible expenses of up to $ 1,000 that are incurred while staying overnight in New Brunswick.

Coreen Enos, a spokesman for the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, said that at least 18,000 were unique applicants.

“Unique applicants refer to the number of real people,” he said in an email.

Enos said the department is seeing an increase in daily filings, and the application process will remain open until November 30. More than $ 1 million in reimbursements have been claimed, which the department says has translated into $ 5.8 million in expenses.

“This summer we expanded the rebate program to our neighboring Atlantic provinces,” he said in an email.

“To date, nearly 3,000 claims have been filed from Nova Scotia, over 700 from PEI, and just over 200 from Newfoundland and Labrador.”

The program was originally expanded in June.

“I couldn’t be more proud of what the industry has accomplished over the past year and the patience everyone has had during the pandemic,” Tourism Minister Tammy Scott-Wallace said when the program was extended.