Canadians have a great, new way to learn about the Caribbean, one of the world’s top travel destinations. One Caribbean Canada is delighted to announce the launch of a new Caribbean tourism group in Canada, complete with a website promoting the Caribbean region. The launch of this website represents the collaboration of multiple Caribbean tourism offices wishing to promote their countries to the Canadian market and to be a Caribbean travel resource for consumers, travel advisors, journalists and meeting planners. “For consumers, this new website offers a place to start their research with information and links to multiple destinations in Read more
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As cruise travel numbers rise around the world, several cruise lines say they plan to soon drop their COVID restrictions. A report in Travel Weekly says Ponant, which recently acquired Paul Gauguin Cruises, plans to drop its vaccination requirement for passengers on April 1. “After careful consideration of the lower incidence of Covid infections, combined with the higher rate of vaccinated and boosted guests, we have decided to relax our policy,” said Navin Sawhney, CEO of Americas at Ponant. Travel Weekly said Cunard plans to drop vaccination requirements for guests on the Queen Victoria and Queen Mary 2 beginning April Read more
It’s a move that will certainly spark renewed interest in Chinese visits to Canada, and Canadian visits to Asia. The Canadian government today (March 17) ended travel restrictions on passengers flying in from the People’s Republic of China, Hong Kong and Macao. That should provide a considerable boost for tourism in Western Canadian provinces, who rely on wealthy Chinese and Hong Kong residents for steady business, especially in the busy summer season. This means that there are no longer any federal COVID-19 border measures in place for Canada. And that’s quite something. “We welcome the removal of pre-departure test requirements Read more
