By Jim Byers Member, Society of American Travel Writers (SATW) Canadian medical and business leaders are asking the Trudeau government to remove pre-departure testing entirely for fully vaccinated travellers. Speaking at an event in Calgary today, members of the Canadian Travel and Tourism Roundtable and other experts called on Ottawa to make the change on or before April 1, when the regulations will be updated. Continued testing targeted at solely the travel sector is both unnecessary and not rooted in science, they said. “While the federal government took a step in the right direction by altering the testing regime around Read more
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Kingston is welcoming visitors this March with a special offer to ensure they get closer to what they love in Kingston – beautiful sights, culinary delights, charming accommodations and memorable adventures. To help visitors make the most of their trip, guests will receive a $100 VISA gift card for each night stay with a minimum two-night stay (maximum five-night stay). Stay two nights and get $200 in Visa gift cards. Stay five nights to get $500! Participating hotels include Delta Hotels Kingston Waterfront, Holiday Inn Kingston Waterfront, Frontenac Club, Hochelaga Inn, Residence Inn, Green Acres Inn, The Secret Garden Inn, Read more
New travel rules for Canada could be a boon for Canadian tourism, a new study says. The Canadian government on February 15 announced that testing rules for entry into Canada would change today (Feb. 28). Canadians and visitors can now use a negative rapid antigen test result, rather than having to take a PCR or molecular-style test. KAYAK said travel searches to Canada spiked 57 per cent between February 15 and February 22 for future travel, “indicating eased testing requirements are luring international travellers to the Great White North the first chance they can get.” Their data shows that top Read more
In response to the Russian leadership’s invasion of Ukraine, the government of Canada today said it’s closing Canada’s airspace to all Russian aircraft operators. Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra Minister of Foreign Affairs Mélanie Joly, today announced that the Trudeau government is prohibiting the operation of Russian-owned, chartered or operated aircraft in Canadian airspace, including in the airspace above Canada’s territorial waters. “The Government of Canada is prohibiting the operation of Russian-owned, chartered or operated aircraft in Canadian airspace, including in the airspace above Canada’s territorial waters,” the Liberal government said in a press release issued at 11:19 a.m. Read more
Canada is set to ease its travel and testing rules in less than 48 hours, but the country’s chief public health officer is suggesting the government will throw things into reverse if needed. The Edmonton Journal and Canadian Press report that Dr. Theresa Tam on Friday (Feb. 25) said that nobody knows what the coronavirus will do next, and that Canada has to be ready to bring back some public health measures if case counts begin to rise sharply again. Noting that viruses often pick up steam when cool weather arrives, Tam said Canada needs be ready for the fall, Read more
