Windsor-Essex, Pelee Island Region – where opportunities are ripe for the picking
Located at Ontario’s southern-most tip, sharing the same latitude as Northern California and Tuscany, is Windsor-Essex, Pelee Island, one of the province’s most beautiful treasures. The region comprises the picturesque north shore of Lake Erie, known internationally for its wineries; Pelee Island, a nature preserve famous for hosting magnificent bird and butterfly migrations; and Windsor, a sophisticated, ethnically diverse city of over 200,000 situated across the border from Detroit, Michigan.
Windsor-Essex, Pelee Island is within a two and a half hour drive of six million people. The region is easily accessible by road, rail and air. Windsor is Canada’s primary border cross location for trucks and the busiest commercial land border cross point in North America, clearing 3.5 million trucks annually.
Offering visitors a wide range of exciting attractions from bird watching to wine tasting to historic sites and exciting nightlife, Windsor-Essex Pelee Island is the perfect place for new tourism investment, says Chris Ryan, CEO, Tourism Windsor Essex, Pelee Island.
“We are interested in opportunities that will further develop our wine region by expanding our associated culinary products,” says Ryan. “Our waterways are popular so we want to add new cruise experiences and shoreline services to support them. Developing eco-tourism within the region is a high priority as well, and we hope investors specializing in these areas will take a look at what we have to offer.”
For more information on investment opportunities, please contact Chris Ryan at 519-253-3616 ext 4334 or by email at: cryan@tourismwindsoressex.com.
For more information on tourism investment opportunities throughout Ontario, please visit: www.investinontario.com/tourism/regionalinvest.asp.
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