i) Economic Benefits

* Tourism generates income for the community (19 people said that).
* Tourism is beneficial to local carvers and tourism is helping rekindle the craft industry (7 people said that)
* Tourism creates good jobs for local people (4 people identified that) and an additional 7 people noted that tourism creates job opportunities for local guides.
* Tourism provides a good source of supplementary income (5 people recognized that).
* Tourists buy produce and products from Pond Inlet (5 people thought that) and another 3 people said specifically that tourists buy local carvings.
* Tourism helps young people get out on the land to hunt (4 residents said that) and an additional 3 people noted that tourism allows residents to own hunting and camping equipment.
* Other people said sports hunters bring in big dollars to the community (1 person), pay for the guide’s gas and food (1 person) and sometimes sports hunters will send out care packages at Christmas time (1 person). Other comments included: tourism provides good opportunities for people with boats, dog teams and/or skidoos (1 person) and tourism helps local people develop new skills (1 person). One person suggested that Pond Inlet had “done very well from tourism without doing much as a community”. Another resident said that the money generated from tourism is re-spent in the local shops. And finally one person thought that tourism has the potential to add a lot more money to the Pond Inlet economy.