Community-specific strategies

·   Consider an Arts and Crafts Association and establish standard pricing policy

·   Set up a regular Trade/Craft Show to market local goods and provide opportunities for demonstrations, possibly using the amphitheatre next to the visitor centre

·   Provide opportunities for visitors to interact with performers, and consider ways to integrate modern Inuit culture into the cultural demonstrations

·   Provide a better welcome at the beach, and clean up the beach area

·   Provide a local liaison person to help improve communication and coordination between ship, shore and the community

·   Raise awareness among local residents, and especially children, about the tourists and cruise tourism in Nunavut

·   Provide a pre-trip planning guide for tour operators about the community and in particular to establish what is and what isn’t appropriate behaviour in the community

·   Establish a local ‘Cruise Ship Committee’ to provide a coordinated approach to the management of cruise visits, as well as to develop a local cruise tourism policy, to clarify roles, provide pre and post season briefings to the community, and to consider charging a landing fee to cruise operators

·   Use local guides more regularly for community tours (and include more cultural heritage sites such as the Sod House), and provide a vehicle for those visitors with limited mobility

·   Provide more assistance at the visitor centre to manage tourists on the day of their visit, and consider use of the community centre for larger groups of cruise visitors

·   Improve interpretive provision in Sirmilik National Park

·   Monitor impact of cruise tourists at heritage and archaeological sites