OTTAWA Many in the travel industry refer to the Friday before March Break 2020 as the day the industry changed. It was Friday the 13th, and that’s the day the Government of Canada issued a travel advisory, advising against non-essential travel due to COVID-19. Many Canadians were debating their March Break plans; some choosing to stay home, while others went ahead with their planned vacation. Bo Kopcewicz was travelling with her son to Mexico last year on that day. CTV News Ottawa asked her at the Ottawa International Airport if she was concerned about her trip during COVID-19. We are a little bit, not enough to stay home, Kopcewicz said at the time.
Travel agents look back on one unthinkable, unprecedented year amid the COVID-19 pandemic
Date: Mar 11 2021
TORONTO The travel industry has been through the unthinkable, and so far it has survived. But the end can’t come soon enough.
One year since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization, travel retailers and suppliers are still in a holding pattern, waiting for travel to restart in earnest. Amid the losses over the past year, there are much bigger concerns than future trips and vacations. But livelihoods are at stake, and that’s why the travel industry is so invested in getting travel started again.