The MV Fundy Rose ferry service connects the town to Saint John, New Brunswick.

Tourism has played an important role in Digby during the 20th century beginning with the establishment of railway and steamship links that opened the town and surrounding communities as an-easy-to-reach destination for larger urban centres in eastern North America.

Built in 1905 and then purchased in 1917 by the Dominion Atlantic Railway, the resort provided a focal point to the local tourism industry with a large expansion in 1927.

The Pines attracted notable visitors including early film star Theda Bara who spent her honeymoon there in 1921.

About 20 additional motels, inns and bed and breakfast operations are based in Digby making tourism an important employer.

[4] The annual Scallop Days Festival, held the first week of August, brings the fishing and tourism industries together to showcase the town's history and heritage to the tourists.

The festival offers a variety of themed activities for all ages, including scallop shucking contests, a parade, and an exhibition of local artists.

Digby's schooner fishery reached its peak in the early 1900s, documented by Frederick William Wallace.