Expedia.ca puts Thunder Bay on a Top rated 20 travel location checklist

THUNDER BAY — COVID-19 may well postpone the positive aspects, but a main travel industry site is providing a enhance to tourism in the Thunder Bay place.

Expedia.ca puts the city in eighth spot in its rating of 20 of the friendliest areas in Canada to visit.

Expedia suggests the record is based on traveller assessments it obtained in between January 2019 and December 2020.

Its description of the town says “Calling all outdoor fanatics. Thunder Bay is entire of adventure and functions all yr long.”

Communities on the list, it states, are suitable in line with potential journey developments.

People today are predicted to look for choices that will provide extra space to distribute out once normal vacation resumes.

Paul Pepe, supervisor of tourism for the city, claims on-line promotion like this is significant to the restoration of the tourism sector in the Thunder Bay area.

“Expedia has a enormous next, so any articles that’s aligned with a identify like that is favourable public relations for the group,” he mentioned. 

Pepe pointed out that to be promoted as an outdoor enthusiast’s aspiration metropolis also ties correct in with his department’s goal of positioning Thunder Bay as Canada’s leading out of doors metropolis.

He claimed the tourism sector has endured a extreme blow more than the earlier year, but “individuals are using this time to plan and to aspiration about long term journey.” 

Pepe thinks you can find a great deal of evidence of a burgeoning hunger for vacation.

“If you look at retail sales, all the things from ATVs to bicycles – everything outdoors – has skyrocketed. That is great for when travel does resume.”

He claimed even if the ongoing prevalence of COVID-19 stalls the return to normalcy, Thunder Bay is properly-positioned to advantage from a surge in travel whenever it commences.

To start with area on Expedia’s list goes to Radium Hot Springs, BC.

Digby, Nova Scotia is range two, and Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario is third.