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For the second season, Marmot Basin is having to make changes in order to welcome skiers and snowboarders. “Just a few, you know, adjustments in the way that we have to operate and all of those adjustments are made just to keep us all safe,” Vice-president Brian Rode told Global …

Parts of British Columbia’s tourism industry are facing another uphill battle with an uncertain recovery horizon after this year’s damaging storms. Some attractions and landmarks were seriously damaged by flooding in November, while highways mangled by mudslides mean some operators will go without the typical holiday bump to their bottom …

As the COVID-19 pandemic drags on, and with another winter season around the corner, leaders in Alberta’s tourism and hospitality industry gathered at Mount Norquay ski resort Tuesday morning to make a plea to Ottawa. The Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable is calling on the federal government to drop the …

The St. Lawrence Parks Commission has received significant funding from the provincial government. Over $5 million is being invested in the SLPC to help repair and rehabilitate its facilities. $3.1 million of that funding will be going directly to Brown’s Bay Beach and Picnic Area, where some much-needed repairs will …

The New Brunswick Travel Incentive has come to an end with 21,855 claims made to date. The rebate, which was introduced to help boost the tourism industry in the province during the pandemic, provided a 20 per cent rebate on eligible expenses of up to $1,000 that are made while making …

A real estate report says Niagara Falls, Vancouver, and Quebec City will continue to outperform other markets next year after benefiting during the pandemic from Canadians travelling within the country due to COVID-19 restrictions on foreign travel. CBRE says the three well-known destinations experienced increased domestic leisure traffic in 2021. …

City of Kelowna staff are hoping council will give the green light to a five-year renewal of a hotel tax that’s used to fund tourism marketing and projects. The municipal and regional district tax, currently pegged at 3 per cent, is collected from hotel guests and given to the provincial …

News of major changes to federal COVID-19 subsidies is being met with wariness in the B.C. business community. Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced new measures Thursday that will replace the  Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS), which expire on Saturday. In their place will …

The mayor of one small city in the state of Washington says she’ll be warmly welcoming Canadian visitors when the U.S. land border reopens next month. In an interview with Global News, Omak mayor Cindy Gagne said she was happy to hear the news earlier this week, when American officials …

According to the Tourism Industry Association of B.C., 2021 is proving to be a very tough year for tourism across the province. The slow season follows what was already a tough 2020 when the pandemic curtailed tourism in a major way. “We have not yet seen the numbers, but, by …