Posted: Jan 12, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: January 12
Empty seats at the Yellowknife airport. A report from the government of the Northwest Territories shows a 53 per cent reduction in the number of passengers coming through the airport in March 2020 compared to March 2019. (Jay Legere/ CBC)
The N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce says there's a risk the entire tourism industry could collapse if border restrictions stay up through 2021.
Renée Comeau, executive director of the N.W.T. Chamber of Commerce, told CBC the territory risks losing most, if not all, of its tourism industry if it cannot find a way to let more travellers in.