B.C.B次元官网网址檚 130 community-owned visitor centres are getting help with COVID-19 physical distance measures to help them welcome tourists from around the province as summer season unfolds.
Destination B.C., the provinceB次元官网网址檚 Crown tourism marketing agency, has announced up to $1,000 for each centre to provide for extra sanitation and physical distance indicators for centres. Currently theyB次元官网网址檙e focused on B次元官网网址渢ourist in your own townB次元官网网址� efforts to direct people to amenities that are open, such as museums, galleries, cultural sites as well as parks and open spaces.
Destination B.C. has redirected its usual international marketing campaign and Super, Natural B.C. ads to promote #exploreBClocal during the coronavirus pandemic travel restrictions.
Latest scenario from for 2020 tourism up 40%, international absence offset by in-province guests
B次元官网网址� Tom Fletcher (@tomfletcherbc)
B次元官网网址淎s we head toward summer, we want visitor centres in communities all around B.C. to feel ready and willing to showcase their local areas, when the time is right,B次元官网网址� said Marsha Walden, CEO of Destination B.C. B次元官网网址淭his one-time grant to support health and safety measures ensures visitors, staff and volutneers can feel comfortable interacting with others.B次元官网网址�
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Destination B.C. is also providing weekly for tourism operators. The latest one contains an update on the early bleak forecast for B.C. tourism, forecasting tourism revenue of $6.7 billion for 2020. ThatB次元官网网址檚 a 40 per cent improvement on the initial estimate when airlines and borders were shutting down around the world, but itB次元官网网址檚 still a far cry from the 1.5 billion industry revenue in 2019.
Camping demand is up, as are fishing licences and other indicators that B.C. residents are preparing to spend their holiday time and money within the province. Vacation spending that would otherwise go to cruises and other international travel is likely to stay in B.C. this year.
tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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