PRESS RELEASE
Ottawa, ON. MAY 5th,
2020 – The travel and tourism sector has been hit especially hard by
the COVID-19 outbreak. A typical weekend in late March sees about 40,000
Americans enter Canada by land. On March 29 of this year, that number
fell to only 531.
These
survey findings, released today by The Conference Board of Canada, show
how much the pandemic has disrupted Canadians’ travel plans this summer
and into next year. More survey results are available here.
“Our
survey shows that travellers are paying attention to government’s
guidelines and are staying home,” says Todd Crawford, Associate
Director, Economic Forecasting, from The Conference Board of Canada.
“When it comes to domestic travel, we expect travel intentions should
return to somewhat normal in April 2021. Whereas, international travel
should remain at below-normal levels until December 2021.”