Trip Advisor has a top ten beaches of the U.S. list out, and Florida has been knocked out of the top spot. Hapuna Beach, located on the north Kona coast on Hawaii Big Island, takes the top spot this year, while Siesta Key in Florida took the silver medal. Casey Brogan, senior communications specialist at Tripadvisor, told CNBC that a Florida beach had finished first in the last eight polls. “So for Hawaii to pass it, this is actually the first time Hawaii has had the number one beach in the U.S. since 2014,” he said. (EDITOR’S NOTE: DO YOU Read more
March 2022
A new study of international travellers from American Express shows the world is ready to shake off the pandemic and hit the road again. The study, which looked at travellers from Canada, the U.S., Australia, Japan, the U.K, Mexico and India, found that 74% of respondents agree they are willing to book a trip for 2022 even if they might have to cancel or modify it later. That’s up sharply from 56% last year. The study also found that spending on travel could outpace pre-pandemic levels. Eighty six per cent of consumers expect to spend more or the same on Read more
The new travel rules for Canada should be a big help to tourism in border cities, but two Ontario mayors are angry that the rules aren’t changing until the start of next month. The Justin Trudeau government on Thursday said that fully vaccinated residents and visitors to Canada will no longer need to show a negative pre-arrival test result as of April 1. But the mayors of both Sarnia and Niagara Falls say the move should have taken effect right away. “Tell us a legitimate reason you can’t (end the testing requirements) tomorrow night,” Sarnia Mayor Mike Bradley told the Read more
Canada isn’t the happiest place on earth, but it’s top of the heap in North America. A World Happiness Report rankings, based largely on life evaluations from the Gallup World Poll, finds that Canada is #15 in the world on the happiness scale. That’s one spot ahead of the United States, and two ahead of the United Kingdom. On the other hand, Canada was tenth in 2020 and ninth in the world in 2019, so perhaps we’re slipping. For the fifth year in a row, Finland came in as the world’s happiest country, based on such factors as healthy life Read more
Critics of the Canadian government have long argued that Canada has been far too cautious when it comes to travel and the coronavirus. But here’s something to think about; Canada is enacting more lenient entry rules than the United States. The Canadian government on Thursday (March 17) announced that mandatory border tests for fully vaccinated residents and visitors will be dropped as of April 1. But the U.S. still requires anyone heading to the States by air (land borders and ferry crossings are exempt) to provide a negative test result. The U.S. accepts rapid antigen tests, but those Read more
