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    Your Vication Contest
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    Enter For A Chance To Win a Return Trip for Two to Victoria, BC

    Share Your VICation experience and enter to win an unforgettable return trip for two to Greater Victoria valued up to $4,000 CAD!

    Including:

    • Travel credit up to $2,000 
    • Three nights accommodation at a Biosphere Certified hotel
    • Whale watching for two
    • A guided tour for two
    • $500 VISA giftcard

    Play with Purpose. Your Vication Awaits.

    Enjoying Your VICation is easy! It can be as simple as meeting a local, biking around town, or savouring a farm-fresh meal. A getaway that's good for you, the community, and the environment? Now that's Your VICation! So grab your camera, your reusable water bottle, and your favourite pair of runners, and start exploring Greater Victoria!

    HOW TO ENTER

    • Take a VICation to Victoria, BC, in 2023
    • Capture Your VICation moment on photo*
    • Submit your photo and completed entry form
    • Contest closes October 9, 2023

    *What's a VICation moment? It is any activity you partake in, while in Greater Victoria that benefits the community, environment and helps our local businesses to thrive. We've got ideas for you - just scroll to your VICation Guide below.

    Click Here to Enter

    Contest Rules

    Your VICation Awaits!

    Your Vication Guide

    Are you staying at a Biosphere Certified hotel? Shopping at local stores? Eating at a restaurant that sources locally? Yay for you! Enjoying Your VICation is a walk in the park, and you can enter to win through many of the actions you're already doing.

     

    Check out theses examples of how to make Your VICation a positive one:

    Social

    As a traveller, I aim to positively influence my understanding and respect for traditions and customs by acting respectfully to towards local peoples and heritage.

    A few suggestions:

    Environmental

    As a traveller, I aim is to have no negative impact on local plantlife and wildlife.

    A few suggestions:

    • Packing out litter
    • Sticking to marked trails
    • Stay at a Biosphere Certified hotel
    • Walk or bike
    • Bring your own water bottle and reuseable bag
    • Learning opportunties, such as Whale and Wildlife watching
    • Off-setting the carbon associated with your trip
    Economic

    As a traveller, I aim is to have a positive impact on Greater Victoria's 13 municipalities.

    A few suggestions:

    A couple watches paragliders at Cattle Point, Victoria, BC
    ARE YOU A RESPONSIBLE TRAVELLER?
    Simple actions can have a big impact when done by many instead of few. In Greater Victoria, we wear our hearts on our sleeves – or rather our streets, gardens, parks, and beaches. You see it in our infrastructure, one of the most walkable and bikeable cities in Canada; in the valued historical places and stories that make Victoria unique; and in the many independent, local businesses that call Greater Victoria home. As a guest to Greater Victoria, we invite you to be part of our community, by showing the same admiration that our locals do to the things that are valued.
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    A view from atop PKOLS - Mount Douglas Park in Saanich, Greater Victoria, BC
    Sustainable Victoria
    There’s something about Greater Victoria that fosters a freedom to think outside the box. We proudly blaze our own trails and do things in our own unique way. Our influence and impact on the world reach far beyond our shores. Throughout our history, our creativity and ingenuity have sparked new ideas and innovations. We take our time to do things right. Our commitment to sustainability, ocean research and new technology continue to show how we can lead the world from our little piece of it. We're not far away, just further ahead.
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