Publish Time:2020-06-01 10:53:05Source:Skift
【Introduction】:Canada will invest C$30 million ($21.8 million) to enable its provinces and territories to promote holidays in their “own back yard” because of the closure of the country’s borders due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Canada will invest C$30 million ($21.8 million) to enable its provinces and territories to promote holidays in their “own back yard” because of the closure of the country’s borders due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Destination Canada, the country’s national marketing body which usually focuses on luring international visitors, is due to announce the new funding later on Sunday, according to a statement seen by Reuters before its official release.
Canada, which has had more than 7,000 deaths due to COVID-19, has closed its borders to non-essential travel since March, and it is unclear when they will be opened again. Many provinces have also shut down domestic non-essential travel.
Quebec, which shares borders with the U.S. states of New York, Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine, accounts for more than 60% of the Canadian death toll from the virus, and Ontario, the most populous province, has also been hit hard.
The closures have hammered the tourism industry. Some 42% of businesses in the accommodation and food sectors have reported revenue drops of more than 50%, according to an April survey of 12,600 businesses.
At the end of 2018, one out of every 11 jobs in Canada was directly tied to travel, according to the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, but in April the unemployment rate in the tourism sector skyrocketed to more than 28%.
Tourism is “a significant economic driver and source of local jobs. It’s also among one of the hardest hit sectors as a result of this pandemic,” Economic Development Minister Melanie Joly, who is responsible for tourism, said in the statement.
The aim is to provide a valuable lifeline to the struggling sector during its peak summer season, Ben Cowan-Dewar, chairman of Destination Canada, said in the statement.
It is the first time Destination Canada has provided funding for domestic marketing, according to a spokesman in Joly’s office. The marketing arm in each of the 10 provinces and three territories will decide exactly how they want to use the money, the spokesman said.
France’s Louvre Museum Plans to...
Bangkok Reopens for Domestic Tourists
ATM Virtual to focus on potential...
Hong Kong Airport to resume transit...
Wales' tourism industry 'facing...
Updated information on Coronavirus in...
White Beach launches daycations in Dubai
ATM Virtual to focus on potential...
World Tourism Cities Federation is...
"Cultural Tourism Industry Recovery...
World Tourism City Federation co-host...
WTCF held expert panel discussion at...
Li Baochun: the area along the Belt and...
Sharing and building: WTCF and WTTC...
Florence| Victoria| Torino| Sevilla| Chinese Friendly International| Innova TaxFree Group| World Travel & Tourism Council| World Tourism Organization| Pacific Asia Travel Association| Beijing Tourism Development Commission| UN| WINTAC Business Development GmbH| WEN WEI PO| Via Hansa| TUI AG| The Beijing News| Taikang Life Insurance Co.| Skyscanner| Sina.com| Shanghai Spring International Travel Service| MasterCard| Kuoni| Kempinski Hotels| JTB| Okura Nikko Hotel Management Co., Ltd.| ICBC| Hong Kong Airlines| HanaTour| Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts| DFS| Ctrip.com| Costa Crociere S.p.A.| Club Med| Chinese National Geography| China UnionPay| China Travel Service| China Southern Airlines| China News Service| China International Travel Services| China Daily| CYTS| CCTV| China Association of Private Equity| Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport| Carnival Corporation & Plc| Capital Airports Holding Company| CAISSA| BTG International Travel & Tours| Beijing UTour| Beijing Tourism Group| Beijing Gongmei Group| Beijing Capital International Airport| American Tours International| American Express| America Asia Travel Center Inc.| Air China| Abercrombie & Kent| Zurich| Zhangjiajie| Yangzhou| Xiamen| Xi’an| Wuhan| Wellington| Washington| Wales| Vienna| Veliko Tarnovo| Vancouver| Valletta| Toronto| Tianjin| Thessaloniki| Tel Aviv-Yafo| Taiyuan| Sofia| Athens| Shanghai| Seoul| Sapporo| Sanya| San Francisco| Rome| Riga| Rabat| Qingdao| Prague| Pomorie| Plovdiv| Penang| Paris-Île de France| Ottawa| Nicosia| Nice| Nanjing| Mudanjiang| Moscow| Monterrey| Minsk| Milan| Marigot| Macao| Luoyang| Los Angeles| London| Lisbon| Kunming| Kathmandu| Jiaozuo| Jakarta| Houston| Hong Kong| Helsinki| Harbin| Hangzhou| Hamburg| Gwangju| Guangzhou| Geneve| Fez| Edinburgh| Dublin| Dubai| Dalian| Copenhagen| Colombo| Chongqing| Chengdu| Casablanca| Cairo| Busan| Buenos Aires| Budapest| Brussels| Boston| Berlin| Beijing| Barcelona| Bangkok| Bandung| Astana| Amsterdam| Altay| Almaty
E-Mail Login|Contact Us|Careers|Legal disclaimer
世界旅游城市联合会版权所有 备案号:京ICP备19050424号-1
Our legal counselors: lawyer Song Yunfeng & lawyer He Wen, both from Dacheng Law Offices