Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to let a cabinet order enforcing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination requirements at the Canadian border expire at the end of this month. The decision was confirmed by two senior government sources, who spoke to The Canadian Press on the condition they not be named because they were not authorized to...
Category: Travel
U.S. lawmakers, advocates pushing Ottawa to eliminate ArriveCan, open Nexus offices
The online campaign calls on Ottawa to scrap the troublesome ArriveCan app, a mandatory pre-screening tool for visitors to Canada, and to tackle the backlog plaguing the Canada-U.S. trusted-traveller system known as Nexus.
MP says Ottawa underestimated Canadians’ desire to travel again after pandemic
A member of Parliament says Ottawa may have underestimated Canadians’ desire to travel when planning for a return to normal following the end of most pandemic restrictions. Airlines and airports have been grappling with a surge in customers this summer, compounded by staffing shortages affecting carriers and federal agencies. As a result, travellers have experienced...
Feds announce four new passport service sites as backlog continues
Nearly 1.1 million applications for new and renewed passports have been filed since April as pandemic restrictions loosen and Canadians resume travelling.
El Nido, Davao, Boracay popular among WTTC delegates
Travel in Boracay has been picking up from the pandemic slump since local travel restrictions had been relaxed in the country.
World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) launches major hotel sustainability initiative at its Global Summit in Manila
‘Hotel Sustainability Basics’ provides a starting point to drive sustainability in hospitality Criteria include 12 actions that are fundamental to hotel sustainability . London, UK: The World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) has launched its ‘Hotel Sustainability Basics’, a globally recognised and coordinated set of criteria that all hotels should implement as a minimum to...
Starting Friday, vaccinated travellers to Canada don’t need a COVID-19 test
The eye-watering sensation of a swab up the nose will no longer be a cost of admission to Canada for vaccinated travellers as of Friday. The government announced it would do away with the requirement for COVID-19 tests for people protected against the virus two weeks ago. The change is a departure from Canada’s policy...
Philippines welcomes over 47K foreign tourists, balikbayans in February
Romulo-Puyat, meanwhile, has high hopes to yield stronger programs and partnerships with other tourism ministers and global leaders as the Philippines hosts the World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) global tourism summit in April.
Organizer of Sunwing party flight says his group was unfairly abandoned by airlines
MONTREAL — The organizer of a controversial Sunwing party flight to Mexico says his group was unfairly abandoned by the airline. James William Awad told reporters at a new conference today that Sunwing, along with Air Canada and Air Transat, should be “ashamed” of themselves for refusing to fly his group back to Canada based...
80% of Filipinos seek sustainable, ‘meaningful’ way to travel
MANILA – More and more Filipinos are getting “thoughtful and deliberate” in how they travel, with about 80 percent, saying they want to visit a place in ways that could also benefit local communities, both economically and socially. In a commissioned research forwarded by Airbnb on Tuesday, over 80 percent of Filipinos polled said it is...