Ontario may be yours to discover — but for the province’s struggling tourism industry, it’s also yours to help recover.
Tourism, which was a $36 billion sector before 2020, was “disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic” and while there are signs of improvement, “it is not fully expected to recover from the pandemic until 2025,” said the chamber’s vice-president of policy, Daniel Safayeni, in a telephone interview.
Safayeni said that prior to the pandemic, Indigenous and Francophone tourism were “emerging as new areas of interest,” and noted strong interest in nature-based activities. He also said it’s time for Ontario to capitalize on the fact that Canada was the first G7 country to legalize cannabis.
No sympathy for campgrounds as they've been price gouging for fifteen years
If people can’t afford rent or food, how are they supposed to be able to afford travel and tourism?
That's largely because the pandemic isn't over.
Gee. I wonder why?
If the refusal rate of tourist visa remains the same, Canada will continue to struggle with promoting itself as a tourist destination.
Camping prices have been through the roof the last decade so I have no sympathy for those places. tourism CampingOntario
Who would want to come here with rightwingnutjob conservatives running the show.
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We have to help recover tourism after the government destroyed It ...
MichelleLyEaton Thank you Toronto
It costs way less to fly to a Caribbean all inclusive resort than driving to overpriced Ontario resorts and restaurants.