It was not an isolated incident, and Canadian officials soon banned cruise ships amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
A year and a half later, cruise lines are plotting their comeback, with some companies already setting sail but a lot has changed.
Here’s a step-by-step guide on the cruise ship industry s return and what Canadians need to know.
The cruise ship industry in Canada:
Canada’s $4-billion cruise ship industry is a key part of the country’s domestic tourism sector. It employs roughly 30,000 people, both directly and indirectly, and brings about two million travellers to Canada a year. In 2019, more than 140 cruise ships stopped at a Canadian port. The Conference Board of Canada said in a 2018 report that about 958,930 Canadians were expected to take a cruise that year, a number that grew an average of 4.2 per cent a year between 2010 and 2017.
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