Media Requests & Policy

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If the sea can shape an entire way of life, imagine what it can do for you. We invite you to immerse yourself in our spectacular landscape. Taste our incredible seafood. Listen to our world-renowned music. But most of all enjoy our legendary, down-home hospitality. Click here for some highlights of what you can do in your ocean playground!

Nova Scotia has a well earned reputation for outstanding hospitality; it’s in this rich tradition that we offer our assistance. We invite you to contact us and allow us to provide you with inspired media tour opportunities that will help you to get to know all regions of our province.

• Individual press trips: We can help to develop an itinerary for qualified media, including coordinating accommodation, attraction admission, outdoor activities, interviews, partner introductions, ground transportation, meals, etc.
• Group press trips: Please inquire as these may vary depending upon season and partners.

Travel Media Requests

If you are seeking financial assistance with your media visit, please complete and submit our media visit request form found below. We consider each media visit request individually to ensure it meets the strategic direction of Tourism Nova Scotia’s Annual Marketing Plan.

We review requests/proposals each calender year in Q1 (March) for potential opportunities within our annual budgets and mandates for our fiscal year which begins April 1.  When working with travel media and / or travel content creators, we ask that you send us a proposal outlining where you are interested in going or what you are interested in doing and what content you would create that would best align with our mutual audiences.  It doesn’t need to be lengthy, point form is fine, but most importantly it should define who is your audience, what is your reach and/or outlets and how they align with our target markets, what deliverables you provide, and of course any fees associated with making this happen (in addition to travel expenses).  Proposals and completed media requests forms should be submitted annually by February 28^th.

Once we receive and review the request, a staff member will contact you directly for follow up.

We can provide assistance with the following for approved media visits for qualified media representatives only:

• economy airfare, train or ferry tickets
• airport transfer shuttles to downtown Halifax
• rental car (rental fee for one driver, basic insurance, roadside assistance and taxes only)
• accommodations (single or double occupancy)
• meal per diems (or specific meals as deemed appropriate by Tourism Nova Scotia)
• attraction / activity per diems (or passes / specific activities deemed appropriate by Tourism Nova Scotia)
• itinerary development
• interviews / direct contacts

Film permits may be required in some areas and are the direct responsibility of the visiting media representative.

• For all National Historic Parks and Sites
  • Parks Canada Film & Photography Permit Applications: parks.canada.ca/agence-agency/courriel-email/touristique-travel
• For all Nova Scotia Provincial Parks
  • Recreational use of drones is prohibited within provincial parks.
  • Non-recreational users must apply to a local office of the Department of Natural Resources and Renewables for a Letter of Authority to use a drone within a provincial park for commercial photography and videography, marketing/promotions, TV/film/commercial, advertised events and other purposes at the discretion of the department
  • Contact the office nearest to the provincial park you are interested in visiting at novascotia.ca/natr/staffdir/offices.asp
• For all Nova Scotia Provincial Museums, contact Ama Lorenz, Communications Director, Ama.Lorenz@novascotia.ca, (902) 424-1593
• For filming in Halifax and surrounding areas, please refer to the guidelines provided at Halifax Regional Municipality: halifax.ca/business/filming-halifax
  • For more information, contact Laura Mabe, Film Liaison, mabelau@halifax.ca, 902-456-0872
• When filming private tourism businesses, please ensure you have the permission of the property owner / operator.