China News Service, July 28. According to the US "World Journal" report, after the closure for nearly 17 months, Canada will "open the border" to fully vaccinated Americans. This is undoubtedly for Americans who have always wanted to travel to Canada. The good news is great news for Chinese travel agencies engaged in travel in the United States and Canada.
Southern California Travel Agency has begun to actively deploy routes, hoping to add more freshness and eye-catching.
However, some industry players said that the summer vacation is over, and most of them will wait and see before the end of the year.
Nico of Seagull Travel Agency, who is in charge of the Canadian route, said that immediately after the news of the opening of the border, many American Chinese asked about traveling to Canada. The travel agency expects to launch special tours and an all-inclusive tour in autumn and winter.
The all-inclusive tour includes the expenses of food, lodging, play and consumption. It comes in from Vancouver and out of Calgary, and travels to the three famous cities in western Canada at one time. It is a new tourism product in the post-epidemic era.
In the regular four-day and five-day tours of the Canadian Rockies, new ideas have also been added. For example, the five-day tour adds a new attraction: the highest bridge in Canada, the Golden Skybridge; this bridge is located between two peaks and is very interesting. feature.
Aboriginal hotel where the movie was set was added to the four-day tour.
Excluding air tickets, the price for a five-day tour is about 700 dollars, and a four-day tour is about 450 dollars. Although the price of the tour has increased a little, it is not a lot. The purpose is to bring you more freshness and quality service.
She said that after the US-Canada border is opened, I believe there will be a lot of American tourists influx.
Because everyone has not traveled for more than a year, and the epidemic in Canada is well controlled, the vaccination rate has reached more than 50%, which is higher than that of the United States, so tourists are more at ease.
Although Canada was hotter in August and September this year, it did not affect tourism.
The Rocky Mountain has good air, cool temperatures, and few local hotels. It is a good place for Americans to relax.
However, some industry operators are cautious. Jeffrey Chen, a cultural tourism industry operator, said that when Canadian tourism opened, the summer vacation had been missed, and there was nothing fun in Canada in winter. There will not be much tourism boom on this route before the end of the year.
At present, they mainly focus on the Yellowstone Park and Hawaii markets during the summer vacation, because there are not many Americans in Canada.
The European route is also full of thunder and rain. In particular, the Delta variant of the new crown virus is raging recently. 10% to 15% of the customers who originally booked in Hawaii were scared off due to the epidemic, so they plan to observe for a while.
To qualify for entry into Canada, U.S. citizens and permanent residents must complete the vaccination, be asymptomatic, and provide a negative test for the new coronavirus 72 hours before departure. It is also necessary to upload documents in English, French or other qualified translations to the ArriveCan application or website of the Canadian government to prove that the vaccination has been completed at least 14 days before departure, and the original must be presented. The Canadian government recognizes four vaccines, namely Pfizer, AstraZeneca (AZ), Modena and Johnson & Johnson vaccines. (Zhang Hong)