Chandrayee Roy Choudhury, Canada: Alberta’s travel and tourism industry is reeling from the federal government’s new non-essential travel advisory, calling for more predictability on COVID-19 restrictions and supports for businesses.
The federal government on Wednesday warned Canadians against all non-essential travel outside the country amid spread of the Omicron variant. The advisory stops short of a mandatory restriction, but ministers hinted at the possibility of more measures on the way. Representatives in the travel industry said people have found the changing travel requirements confusing and want greater confirmation and predictability.
The knock-down effect of this decision will likely have a debilitating impact on the many tourism businesses that remain at the financial brink as we close out a very challenging 2021,” Reeder said in an emailed statement. “Overall, the tourism industry remains a long way off from recovering to pre-COVID-19 levels.”
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