Visitors explore Peggy's Cove, N.S., on July 4, 2020. Residents of New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador are now able to visit Nova Scotia, provided they show proof of residency, without self-isolating to reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission.
In 2019, the Tourism Resource Model produced by Statistics Canada counted 1.9 million full-time tourism jobs in the country – a lot of people to try to get back to work on short notice as travel resumes at an unpredictable rate. Combined with the fact that a large number of Canadians seem to be exceptionally eager for a change of scenery or a long-overdue visit to see friends and family in other parts of the country, supply is falling short of demand in some areas.
She’s not the only tourism industry professional to caution travellers to arrive equipped with a little extra patience and understanding. In a LinkedIn post, Travel Alberta CEO David Goldstein advised Canadians eager to resume travel to put kindness first when it comes to dealing with hospitality industry staffers. “Many of us have been living cloistered lives behind screens for the last 16 months.
In Ontario, April Brown and Sarah Sklash, the co-founders behind the two June Motel locations in Prince Edward County and Sauble Beach, say they’re fully booked for the summer. “Sauble Beach used to be a super seasonal beach town where everything closed up Labour Day weekend, but now businesses are staying open much longer and travellers are excited about exploring Bruce Peninsula and Sauble Beach in the fall when the beaches and parks are a little less crowded,” Brown says.
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