The local tourism industry is eagerly awaiting the provincial government’s reopening plan, set to be announced this week.
New Brunswick and PEI announced their reopening plans last week and Hospitality Newfoundland and Labrador Chair Brenda O’Reilly hopes Newfoundland and Labrador’s plan looks more like New Brunswick’s than PEI’s more conservative phased-in approach.
O’Reilly says they’re hoping the province will fully open up to the rest of Canada by July 1st once first-shot vaccination rates reach 75 per cent of the population, but bookings for July are already suffering.
O’Reilly is fearful that this province is already falling behind New Brunswick and PEI which now have the advantage.
She says there is pent-up demand for travel and if people are not confident in the bookings they’re making, they’ll go elsewhere.
