She says re-opening to Canadian tourists any later than July 1 would have a devastating impact on the industry, which injected about $1.4 billion into the province s economy annually before the pandemic. I have to be honest, everybody is barely hanging on. And it would be very tough to go through another summer like last year because the wage subsidy is being scaled back in July, and that has been a lifeline for so many operators, she said by phone Sunday, adding that CERB and EI claims will also soon run out.
The province s tourism report recommends allowing Canadian tourists to travel to Newfoundland and Labrador once 75 per cent of the province has one vaccine dose and 10 per cent has the second shot. They also want tourists to receive a negative COVID test two to three days before their arrival.