VICTORIA A handful of Vancouver Island tourism projects are among dozens across the province to receive new funding from the B.C. tourism ministry. The B.C. government announced $20 million in funding for more than 50 projects through its Community Economic Recovery Infrastructure Program on Thursday. Among them are eight projects on Vancouver Island that will split approximately $3.5 million. Our laser focus right now is on helping people and businesses during the pandemic, while making sure we re ready to welcome visitors and explore B.C. when it is safe to do so, said Tourism Minister Melanie Mark in a statement.