Tourism in New Brunswick

Cape Enrage

There are two major national parks (Fundy National Park and Kouchibouguac National Park). The warmest salt water beaches north of Virginia can be found on the Northumberland Strait, at Parlee Beach in Shediac. New Brunswick's signature natural attraction (the Hopewell Rocks) are only a half hour's drive down the Petitcodiac river valley. The Confederation Bridge to Prince Edward Island is only an hour's drive east of Moncton.

New Brunswick has several major attractions:

Dieppe

Moncton

Moncton is well situated as a tourism destination.

Other sites

Other provincial attractions include:

Getting around New Brunswick

New Brunswick is served by the national rail carrier, VIA Rail, three times a week. VIA uses in New Brunswick the Canadian National rail line, which enters from Quebec at Campbellton, stops at Bathurst, Miramichi, Moncton and Amherst, on its way to terminus at Halifax, Nova Scotia. The Trans-Canada Highway enters from Quebec in Edmunston, passes through Fredericton and Moncton and exits at Sackville on the way to Nova Scotia. Maritime Bus provides daily service on an extensive network of routes,[1] and Taxi Cormier of Anse Bleue provides intermittent service of a different sort on the Acadian Peninsula.[2][3]

New Brunswick Tourism Statistics

The number of tourists visiting New Brunswick has remained relatively stable for the years 2006 - 2013, remaining largely within the 2.5 to 3 million visitors range, with a peak of just over 3 million visitors in 2011. In 2012, tourism made up 2.4 percent of the provincial GDP, employing 8.6 percent of the labour force with 30,220 total jobs. Total tax revenues in New Brunswick for the federal, provincial, and municipal governments was approximately $273,638,000. [4]

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