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"Survey on the Profile and
Behaviour of Visitors to Québec" Contest
Official rules
1. The "Survey on the Profile and Behaviour of Visitors to Québec"
contest begins at 12:01 a.m. Eastern Daylight Saving Time (EDST) on
June 24, 2010 and ends at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
on December 17, 2010. The contest is organized by the ministère du
Tourisme.
Eligibility
2. The contest is open to all natural persons aged 18 or over at the time
of participation who visited, between June 24 and October 12, 2010
during a trip to Québec, one of the tourism offices targeted by the
survey (see list in Appendix). However, despite the foregoing,
employees, representatives, mandataries, agents, distributors, and
advertising and promotional agencies of the ministère du Tourisme, as
well as the members of their immediate families and/or the persons
with whom they are domiciled may not participate in the contest.
How to participate
3. Visitors who agree to participate in the "Survey on the Profile and
Behaviour of Visitors to Québec" contest must first fill out an entry
form when they visit the tourism office.
The ministère du Tourisme will then contact them by e-mail or
telephone and ask them to answer a questionnaire giving them a
chance to win the participation prize.
Participation prize
4. The participation prize is one (1) one-thousand-Canadian dollars
($1,000) gift certificate, exchangeable only in accommodation
establishments that may be reserved solely at bonjourquebec.com.
5. The participation prize must be used by January 31, 2012.
6. The participation prize cannot be converted into cash.
7. The participation prize will be awarded through a random draw from all
entry forms submitted by participants who answered the
questionnaire.
CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE PRIZE
8. The winner and his or her guests are responsible for all costs or
expenses other than those related to services that may be billed to the
hotel. These other costs or expenses include, without being limited to:
return transportation between the place of residence of the winner and
his or her guests and the place of accommodation selected, insurance,
additional accommodation expenses, meals and beverages (including
alcoholic beverages) not covered by the gift certificate, accident
insurance, excess baggage fees, if applicable, travel insurance,
medical insurance, gratuities, closed-circuit television, taxis, taxes and
service charges on any item not mentioned above, personal expenses,
costs related to any travel documents required, and any other
unforeseen expenses.
Awarding of the participation prize
9. To award the participation prize mentioned herein, one (1) random
draw from all entry forms submitted by participants who answered the
questionnaire will be held at 10 a.m. EST on December 20, 2010, at
the offices of the ministère du Tourisme at 1255, rue Peel, bureau
400, Montréal (Québec) H3B 4V4.
10. To be declared a winner, the person must correctly answer a
mathematical skill-testing question.
11. The person will receive an e-mail or a telephone call from the
ministère du Tourisme within fifteen (15) business days following the
random draw, notifying the person that he or she has won and
explaining the procedure to follow in order to claim the prize. The
person must respond to the e-mail or the telephone call within ten
(10) business days following its receipt.
12. The winner's name will be posted on the bonjourquebec.com Website
at www.bonjourquebec.com/contest until April 30, 2011.
General rules
13. If the winner has not complied with the contest rules, the ministère du
Tourisme reserves the right to disqualify the winner from the contest.
14. For the purpose of disseminating the contest results, the winner must
authorize the ministère du Tourisme to use, if necessary and without
any form of compensation, his or her name and the name of the city
or town where he or she lives.
15. If the winner refuses to accept the participation prize, the ministère du
Tourisme will be released from any responsibility or obligation toward
the winner.
16. The ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to modify, postpone or
cancel this contest, if necessary. The ministère du Tourisme is not
responsible for any losses, delays, address errors or any other error.
17. The ministère du Tourisme assumes no responsibility of any kind
whatsoever in cases where its inability to act results from an event or
situation that is unforeseeable or beyond its control, including, in
particular, a strike, lock-out or any other labour dispute in its facilities
or in the facilities of the organizations or businesses whose services
are used for holding the contest.
18. Any attempt to disrupt the participation process, to depart from the
rules, to deliberately damage a Website or to adversely affect the
administration, security or proper conduct of the contest constitutes an
offence under criminal and civil laws. In the event of such an attempt,
the ministère du Tourisme reserves the right to claim redress and
damages from any person involved in such acts, to the extent
prescribed by law, including the right to disqualify the participant from
the contest or prohibit the participant from any future participation in
a contest of the ministère du Tourisme.
19. The personal information that participants are asked to provide in
connection with the contest will be used solely by the ministère du
Tourisme or a third party it authorizes within the framework of the
contest. This information will not be used for any other purpose
without the consent of participants and, in providing the information,
participants agree to its use for the purposes indicated. The
information will be used in compliance with the department's personal
information
and
privacy
policy,
which
is
available
at
http://www.bonjourquebec.com/qc-en/confidentialite0.html
20. The decisions of the ministère du Tourisme in regard to this contest
are final and without appeal.
21. This contest is void where prohibited by law and is subject to
applicable law in Québec.
22. Any dispute concerning the organization or conduct of a publicity
contest may be submitted to the Régie des alcools, des courses et des
jeux for resolution. Any dispute concerning the awarding of a prize
may be submitted to the Régie solely for the purpose of intervention
aimed at resolving the dispute.
23. No communication or correspondence related to the contest will be
exchanged with participants other than the winner.
24. If a paragraph of these rules is declared or deemed illegal,
unenforceable or void by a court, the paragraph will be considered
void, but all the other paragraphs that are unaffected will be applied
within the limits of the law.
25. The ministère du Tourisme in no way guarantees that the
bonjourquebec.com/contest Website will be accessible or functional
without interruption during the contest or will be free of any errors.
26. In the event of a difference between the French and English versions
of these rules, the French version will take precedence.
APPENDIX
List of Tourism Offices Targeted by the Survey
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Bureau d'information touristique de Rouyn-Noranda
Bureau d’accueil touristique de Témiscaming
Bureau d’information touristique de Ville-Marie
Bureau d’information touristique du pavillon du
tourisme de Val d’Or
Bureau d'information touristique de La Sarre
Bureau d’information touristique de Trois-Pistoles
Bureau d'accueil touristique de Notre-Dame-duPortage
Bureau d’information touristique de Rimouski
Bureau d’accueil touristique de Saint-Fabien
Bureau d’accueil touristique de Bromont
Bureau d'information touristique des Sources
Bureau d’information touristique de Memphrémagog
Bureau d'accueil touristique de la région de
Mégantic
Bureau d'accueil touristique de Place de la Gare
Bureau d'information touristique Maison du
Tourisme des Cantons-de-l'Est
Bureau d’information touristique de Bécancour
Bureau d’information touristique de Nicolet
Bureau d’accueil touristique de Saint-Siméon
Bureau d’information touristique de Baie-Saint-Paul
Bureau d’information touristique de Charlevoix
Bureau d’information touristique de La Malbaie
Bureau d'accueil touristique de l'Isle-aux-Coudres
Bureau d'information touristique de Pointe-à-laCroix
Bureau d’information touristique de Saint-Donat
Bureau d'accueil touristique de Sainte-Émélie-del'Énergie
Bureau d'information touristique de Terrebonne
Bureau d'accueil touristique der Saint-Félix-deValois
Bureau d'accueil touristique de St-Côme
Office de tourisme et des congrès du Grand Joliette
Bureau d'information touristique de Repentigny
Bureau d’accueil touristique de Mont-Laurier
Bureau d’accueil touristique de Rivière-Rouge
Tourisme Laval
Bureau d’accueil touristique les Bergeronnes
35. Bureau d’accueil touristique de Grand-Mère
36. Bureau d’information touristique de SaintÉtienne-des-Grés
37. Bureau d’information touristique de TroisRivières
38. Bureau d’information touristique Parc des
chutes de la Petite-Rivière-Bostonnais
39. Bureau d'information touristique des Chenaux
40. Bureau d’accueil touristique de Chambly
41. Bureau d’accueil touristique de Rougemont
42. Bureau d’information touristique de l’Office de
tourisme du Haut-Richelieu
43. Bureau d’information touristique de VaudreuilDorion
44. Bureau d’information touristique de l’Île-Perrot
45. Bureau d’information touristique du Suroît
46. Bureau d'information touristique de la région de
Sorel-Tracy
47. Bureau d'information touristique de Mont-SaintHilaire
48. Bureau d'accueil touristique Centre services aux
visiteurs l'Écluse de Lachine
49. Bureau d’information touristique de Maniwaki
50. Bureau d’information touristique de Montebello
51. Bureau d’accueil touristique l de Chénéville
52. Bureau d'information touristique Maison du
tourisme de l’Outaouais
53. Bureau d’accueil touristique de l’Île-d’Orléans
54. Bureau d’accueil touristique de Stoneham
55. Bureau d’accueil touristique de SainteCatherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
56. Bureau d'accueil touristique de Carrefour
d'accueil Ilnu
57. Bureau d'accueil touristique de Sainte-Rose-duNord
58. Centre Infotouriste de Québec
59. Centre Infotouriste de Rigaud
60. Centre Infotouriste de Dégelis
61. Centre Infotouriste de Lacolle
62. Centre Infotouriste de Stanstead