Who We Are: Our mission is to build a prosperous community through economic opportunity. As Nanaimo & Region's lead tourism agency, we work in partnership with stakeholders to develop, promote and grow the economic impact of tourism in our destination. What We Do: As your destination marketing partner, we share our resources and deep industry knowledge to grow help grow our tourism businesses. Through our marketing & media relations activities we raise awareness about Nanaimo & Region as a destination, and inspire travellers to visit our destination. We provide visitor information services at our year-round Visitor Centre (located at the intersection of Northfield Rd & the new Island Hwy) and our summer location (The Bastion downtown).