Reopening B.C.: COVID-19 hits tourism hard, operators hope to entice locals to be tourists at home

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COVID\u002D19 hits tourism hard in B.C., operators hope to entice locals to be tourists at home

The effect of those measures — implemented and felt around the world — brought a halt to international travel and tourist visits here.

Because they have boats with 200 seats and will only be using 50 seats, there will be a lot of distancing space for people, he said.NICK PROCAYLOWith 14 boats and a normal staff complement of about 75, Prince of Whales operates tours from Granville Island in Vancouver, from Victoria and from Telegraph Cove on the north end of Vancouver Island.

While businesses are rehiring workers, it’s still a small fraction of those laid off or not hired due to COVID-19, showed the survey of 713 firms. “I think they’re trying to find the means to be able to stay alive,” said Judas. “Some are packing it in. Some are barely hanging on by a thread. And there’s the odd one that can retain their business, at least for another month or two. But the longer this goes on, the worse it gets.”Article content continuedAs of the middle of June, 56,400 people remained laid off in the sector and 35 per cent of hotels remain closed in B.C.

“It used to be that we tried to be invisible with our cleaning standards,” she said. “I think now we’ll want to really be in the public areas, to make sure that people are confident that that is occurring.”

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