Andrew Capeau posts up at Odgen Point cruise ship terminal every afternoon, armed with a smile and his best sales pitch.
The Victoria Pedicab Co. owner posts up at Ogden Point cruise ship terminal every afternoon, armed with a smile and his best sales pitch.It didn’t take much convincing for New Jersey couple Laurie and Rich Klein.
While Capeau likes to point out historical landmarks — like the Bard and Banker pub, opened in 1885 as the Bank of British Columbia — he said most of his passengers ask about daily life in Victoria, such as the biggest employer and the price of a house. Wearing a ball cap, runners, shorts and T-shirt, Capeau barely breaks a sweat as he cycles, splitting his attention between pedestrians and traffic lights and chatting with Laurie and Rich.
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, which oversees the Ogden Point cruise ship terminal, estimated 750,000 passengers will arrive in Victoria aboard 350 cruise ships in 2022. About half of those ships have already arrived since April. Recovery, Nursey said, hasn’t been as quick for tourism operators that rely on international visitors, such as the Clipper ferry to Seattle and the Black Ball Ferry to Port Angeles, since international travel is not back in full force.Tourism from domestic travellers has recovered to pre-pandemic levels, with overnight visits from Canadians up 37 per cent for April to June 2022 compared to the same time period in 2021, and up 16 per cent over the same time period in 2019.
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