Provincial parks in Nova Scotia reopen next week with COVID-19 guidelines (June 12, 2020) Venter and his partner were just a few years into opening their Eastern Shore camping doors when the pandemic ground their bookings to a halt.“Initially, we thought it was a bit of a disaster because a lot of our clientele comes from out of the province and from Europe and the United States,” he said.“So, with the borders closing, we kind of lost 85 per cent of our clientele and that’s a big hit for us.”Typically, provincial campground bookings open in April for Nova Scotia.