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.”
Sample of findings:
- Our spring survey typically reveals that around 75–80 per cent of Canadians are planning a leisure trip. This year, only 45 per cent are.
- Most travellers have delayed or cancelled a trip: 58 per cent of people surveyed in March and 73 per cent who responded in April either delayed or cancelled their trip this summer.
- More Canadian travellers plan to stay in Canada this year: 66 per cent of travellers are planning domestic trips.
Two
surveys were conducted after the Government of Canada closed the
borders to international travellers. The first closed on March 23 with
1,500 respondents; the second, April 16 with a total of 2,000
respondents.
About The Conference Board of Canada
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