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11.01.2024 / 15:08

Broadway takes massive hit as NYC suburbanites steer clear over ‘safety concerns’: survey

shut down because of the pandemic, according to data the Broadway League released last month. New York metro suburbanites accounted for a mere 14% or 1.7 million of the overall tickets last season — the lowest number on record in the 23 years the Broadway League has tracked such data.The Broadway League declined to comment on the dip. “We do not speculate generally about the numbers,” spokesperson Scalla Jakso said in an email.

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2023 travel trends: Cruises, safaris and budget trips

From cruising around the Mediterranean, to backpacking across South America, international travel is set to return full force this year.

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Saskatchewan tourism businesses moving outdoors, adjusting amid struggling industry

tourism industry keep on its feet amid the novel coronavirus pandemic, according to Tourism Saskatchewan.Jori Kirk owns Treeosix Adventure Parks in Waskesiu and Cypress Hill. His business is all about close connections — literally.

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B.C. tourism operators warn inter-provincial travel ban could ‘cripple’ sector

COVID-19.The Tourism Association of B.C. says it has commissioned its own legal opinion, which argues that any such ban would likely be unconstitutional.“The Supreme Court of Canada has held that Canadians’ mobility rights are among the most cherished rights of citizenship that are fundamental to nationhood,” the group said in a media release.“Government will be required to justify any infringement of those rights by showing they are carefully tailored to solve a real problem that other health measures that do not restrict Canadians’ rights cannot achieve.” B.C.

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Canada’s only mouth-blown, hand-cut crystal maker closing permanently

coronavirus pandemic.“We are not able to envision a sustainable business in the foreseeable future,” the company said in a release.Disheartened, the company says it lost business from its retail showroom. The biggest blow came from the loss of cruise ship visitors and tourists in the summer, once provincial borders closed and cruise ship season was cancelled.“Restrictions on our business also severely curtailed our production capacity,” the release read.“Despite producing a world-class product, the hope of an improving economy, and a longstanding and supportive customer base, the current obstacles cannot be overcome.” ‘This is a huge loss’: Director of Craft N.S.

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COVID-19 expected to impact Maritime cruise season again in 2021

COVID-19 pandemic and although 2021 is still young, preparations are already being made for what could be another dry year cruise-wise.“As I said last year we’re hoping for the best (and) planning for the worst,” said Jim Quinn, president and general manager of Port Saint John.“We do have a schedule but I think you’re going to see that, like last year, that schedule will not be fully executed if at all.” Maritime stakeholders keep an optimistic eye on 2021 cruise season It was a sentiment echoed by Lane Farguson, a spokesperson with the Port of Halifax.“In terms of fiscal planning, we are preparing for the possibility that we won’t see any cruise activity at all in Halifax for a second year in a row,” he said.Bruce MacLeod has operated

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Tourism sector won’t recover until 2024: Tourism Saskatoon CEO

tourism industry to recover, according to Stephanie Clovechok.The CEO of Tourism Saskatoon recalled the beginning of the novel coronavirus pandemic around the time the 2020 Juno Awards were about to be held at SaskTel Centre.

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B.C. tourism task force calls for $95-million COVID-19 emergency fund

COVID-19.The province’s tourism task force on Wednesday released a 26-page report that urged the government to create a $95-million emergency grant fund to help more businesses stay open until additional federal support arrives, as well as immediately match its existing $50 million for the sector with at least another $50 million to help overall recovery.

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Banff ramps up testing as COVID-19 cases surge in tourist town

COVID-19 cases. Following months of single-digit numbers, the Alberta municipality now has the highest number of cases per capita in the province.“We are still in a very serious situation in our community,” Mayor Karen Sorensen said.The town has implemented more restrictions as a result of the increase in COVID-19 cases.

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New B.C. COVID-19 restrictions having a devastating impact on tourism industry

COVID-19 virus, one industry is sounding the alarm over the impact to businesses and livelihoods.The tourism sector, usually starting to gear up for a busy winter season are now facing cancellations due to the new health orders in place.In Victoria alone, revenue from tourism was down more than 70 per cent in October, according to Paul Nursey, the CEO of Destination Greater Victoria.

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Nikka Yuko Japanese Garden launches booking for Winter Light Festival, announces new displays

website, as no walk ins will be accommodated. Southern Alberta tourist attractions see more local visitors amid continued Canada-U.S.

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Doukhobor Dugout House uses bread sales to fulfill late woman’s legacy

Doukhobor Dugout House couldn’t organize tours for its 18th season due to the coronavirus pandemic, but still found a way to bring vistors a slice of history.The national historic site and provincial heritage property offers a glimpse into what life was like for 46 families who left Russia and lived in the Blaine Lake, Sask., area at the end of the 19th century.Founder Brenda Cheveldayoff said they usually see more than 3,000 visitors annually. They have 14 volunteers who dress in period costumes and do reenactments.

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Large N.S. tourism operators receive boost from provincial decision to back loans

COVID-19 restrictions have hit the industry hard,” said Geoff MacLellan, minister of business.“Our large tourism operators are important to the growth of our sector.

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Tourism taskforce urges radical steps to sustain industry

The Tourism Recovery Taskforce has called for radical steps to sustain and revive the industry post-Covid 19 including €120 million in grant aid, a loan scheme and staggered school holidays.

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Saskatchewan increases support for tourism sector

Saskatchewan Tourism Sector Support Program (STSSP) to include privately-owned RV parks and campgrounds, along with all licensed outfitters.According to a press release Thursday, the province estimates its tourism industry could see a decline of at least $730 million in visitor spending in 2020.

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B.C. Premier John Horgan to outline COVID-19 pandemic recovery plan Thursday afternoon

$1.5 billion to economic recovery as part of the province’s initial $5-billion COVID-19 relief fund.

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B.C. Premier John Horgan to outline province’s pandemic recovery plan

$1.5 billion to economic recovery as part of the province’s initial $5-billion COVID-19 relief fund.

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Banff hit hard by pandemic but the tourist town pushes on

Coronavirus: What does Banff look like without international tourism? “Everyone has been suffering,” said Andre Quenneville, the resort’s general manager.“Our number are down for sure. It’s mostly Calgarians, Edmontonians.”Banff’s tourism industry has been hit hard by COVID-19 travel restrictions.Mt.

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Ontario lieutenant-governor visiting Peterborough area to highlight tourism reopening amid pandemic

coronavirus pandemic.Elizabeth Dowdeswell’s visit to the region is hosted by Peterborough and the Kawarthas Tourism. Peterborough & the Kawarthas Tourism encouraging residents to ‘explore in own backyard’ She will meet with Peterborough Mayor Dianne Therrien and Peterborough County Warden J.

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Old Montreal tourist, souvenir shops struggling to stay afloat amid COVID-19 pandemic

COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec lost approximately 450,000 jobs in about four months, from March to June, compared to the same period in 2019.The Institut de la statistique du Québec said this is a drop of about 10 per cent in the total volume of employment, which amounted, on average, to about 4.33 million jobs from March to June of last year.From March to June 2020, just over 365,000 jobs were lost in the service industry.

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Coronavirus: Tourism industry gets financial support from Saskatchewan government

Saskatchewan Hotel and Hospitality Association (SHHA) says funding from the province will help the tourism industry, hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic.The Saskatchewan government announced $35 million on Monday to support the sector.

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Montreal merchants suffer revenue losses from less car traffic due to ‘sanitary corridors’

They are struggling with sales due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and the bike and pedestrian zones have made things worse, Boutique Factorie owner Daniel Danino said.“Our best customers, they come by car as they are not interested to come and take the metro and go underground to come here, they go to the bigger space,” Danino told Global News.Danino fears that if things don’t improve, they may have to shut down.“In one to two years, we may close the store. I hope not, but it might happen,” he said.Some shop owners say the traffic in the area is keeping motorists away but they admit it’s not bad for everybody.Some merchants are thriving, optician Jonathon Berrabi said.“It’s good for the bars and restaurants to have a terrace,” Berrabi said.

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Coronavirus: B.C. premier not sorry for closing Haida Gwaii weeks after reopening it

Haida Gwaii to reopen under Phase 3 of the pandemic recovery plan, only to close them again after an outbreak of COVID-19.The province lifted a ban on non-essential travel within B.C. on June 24, but reinstated it in the popular tourist area on July 30 after 20 cases of the virus were reported.

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Disney World staffer recounts ‘scary’ experience working during coronavirus

Earlier this summer, amid skyrocketing COVID-19 rates in Florida and urgings from public health experts to go into lockdown, Disney World reopened its gates. The decision to reopen was highly criticized, with many wondering how the theme park could possibly keep guests safe, happy, and healthy during a global pandemic.

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B.C. tourism sector asks provincial government for $680M stimulus package

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Majority of Canadians polled want U.S. border closed until end of 2020: Ipsos

U.S.-Canada border closed till at least the end of 2020.Hesitation to travel during the coronavirus pandemic is also high among the respondents: 93 per cent of those surveyed in the poll, conducted exclusively for Global News, said it would be too risky to travel to the U.S. this summer.

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Guests welcome, says Tourism Kelowna, but research recommended before visiting Okanagan

Kelowna COVID-19 outbreaks linked to hotel parties: B.C.

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Quebecers must now register online with N.B., P.E.I. to travel to Iles-de-la-Madeleine

New Brunswick reports no new coronavirus cases Sunday Quebec says the request came at the behest of New Brunswick and P.E.I. and that the registration procedures apply to all travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]Some Quebec politicians were angered last month when New Brunswick said Quebecers could not stay overnight on their way to the Iles-de-la-Madeleine.Quebecers travelling to the islands by car need to go through New Brunswick to catch a ferry from Souris, P.E.I., a drive of at least 500 kilometres from the Quebec border.Canada’s Atlantic provinces have restricted travel from outside the region in an effort to stem the potential spread of COVID-19.

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High occupancy rates for Okanagan hotels: ‘It has rebounded beyond expectations’

coronavirus pandemic are now filling up with guests.“In all honesty, the recovery has been way quicker than what we ever anticipated,” said Brent Lavery, Eldorado Resort’s general manager.

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Southern Alberta tourist attractions see more local visitors amid continued Canada-U.S. border closures

Waterton Lakes National Park opened later than usual this year due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and businesses in the town have lost a large portion of their American clientele amid the continued closure of the Canada-U.S. border.Shameer Suleman with the Bayshore Inn Resort and Spa in Waterton said the season got off to a slow start, with weekdays seeing very little traffic.Their normal six-month-long season was cut short to just 90 days.However, now the weather is warming up, weekends have been quite busy with more Albertan visitors.“We were sold out last weekend, sold out this weekend, which is fantastic,” Suleman said.

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Quiet Canada Day in Banff as businesses struggle to stay open

COVID-19 pandemic started.Many are happy to be in the mountains despite no parade and no fireworks this Canada Day.To help with social distancing, a few blocks of Banff Avenue have been shut down to vehicle traffic, a move supported by businesses like The Radiant, a new restaurant that just opened as COVID-19 hit this spring. Banff ‘ready to welcome visitors back’ as Alberta eases COVID-19 restrictions “It’s bouncing back.

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Saskatchewan calls Ottawa’s boost to Quebec, Atlantic tourism ‘outrageous’

tourism industries hit by the COVID-19 pandemic.Premier Scott Moe tweeted a letter to federal Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly that expresses disappointment Western Canada was left out of a $46 million package to help Quebec and Atlantic Canada’s tourism industries. Tourism ministry unveils $5M to help Quebecers tour province this summer Joly said earlier this week the country’s tourism industry has been hard hit by the global health crisis.

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Tourism after Covid-19: Masks, distancing, and no lifts at the Eiffel Tower

Anyone visiting the Eiffel Tower in Paris as it reopens today will have to take the stairs - all 674 of them - because France's iconic monument is keeping the lifts shut.

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Calls from Nova Scotia tourism industry to relax rules around provincial borders

coronavirus. Once running again, the amphibious bus tour will be one of just a handful of tours being operated by Ambassatours this year.

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Tourism ministry unveils $5M to help Quebecers tour province this summer

[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“Sometimes, we are the worst travellers within our own province,” Proulx said. “This in an exceptional chance that we have to discover it — or re-discover it.”Among the Explore Quebec packages, two are for Abitibi-Témiscamingue, six for Bas-Saint-Laurent, five for the Duplessis sector, 14 for Gaspésie, six for Îles-de-la-Madeleine, four for the Manicouagan and three for the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.“It’s the most efficient way to help (businesses) in the (tourism sector),” Proulx said, “to make sure that we stimulate the economy here in Montreal but all around the province.”The prices of Explore Quebec packages on the road are reduced by 25 per cent.

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How the coronavirus pandemic has put Canadian tourism in ‘survival mode’

coronavirus pandemic hit.Bailey runs Indigenous-owned and operated North Star Adventures, a Yellowknife-based tour company that offers Aurora sighting, fishing, boating and hiking tours, among others.As news began to spread about the virus in January, he took a proactive approach and started screening bookings from high-risk countries with reported cases before official lockdown measures were in place. About 60 per cent of Bailey’s clients are from abroad, he says.

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B.C. Liberals call on province to lift COVID-19 rules in areas with fewer cases

B.C. Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson is asking the province to consider a “region-by-region” approach to reopening the province to speed up recovery in areas with few cases of COVID-19.

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Penticton, B.C., to proceed with trial run allowing alcohol at public parks, beaches

Penticton, B.C., is moving forward with a scaled-back version of a proposed pilot project that would allow people to drink alcohol at certain public parks and beaches.

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B.C.’s billion-dollar sport fishing sector hopes local anglers can keep them afloat

Normally at this time of year, Jason Assonitis’ charter business would be going full bore, taking sport fishers onto the waters of the Salish Sea to catch early season Chinook salmon.

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Whistler tourism gears back up despite continued recommendation against non-essential travel

One of B.C.’s top tourism destinations is gearing up for business, despite provincial health officials continuing to urge people to avoid non-essential travel.

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Coronavirus: Jasper ready to welcome visitors back Monday, asks people to follow local rules

Jasper, Alta., is ready to welcome back visitors on Monday but is urging people to remain vigilant about preventing the spread of COVID-19 when it reopens to outsiders.

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Coronavirus: Work underway to put Saskatoon tourism on road to recovery

With tourism hit hard globally by the COVID-19 pandemic, work is underway to help see that Saskatoon’s visitor economy rebounds.

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Winnipeg business hopes to help others in new cleaning procedures

A Winnipeg business is dedicating itself to ensuring other businesses can continue a smooth transition following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Shuswap company pulls controversial post welcoming houseboaters from other provinces

A Shuswap houseboat company has pulled down a controversial social media post welcoming houseboaters from other provinces.

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In-province tourism key to Manitoba success during pandemic: Destination Canada

In-province “staycations” in Manitoba are looking more and more popular this year as interprovincial travel remains restricted in Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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In-province tourism key to Manitoba success during pandemic: Destination Canada

In-province “staycations” in Manitoba are looking more and more popular this year as interprovincial travel remains restricted in Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Alberta tour operators prepare for a year of losses

Alberta’s tourism industry has been hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic, with international visits limited to only essential travel.

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Federal government offers coronavirus relief money to Atlantic Canadian businesses

The federal government is setting aside new money to help small and medium-sized businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

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