Title: 2020 look back: How COVID-19 changed tourism in Alberta - 660 NEWS
Headings: 2020 look back: How COVID-19 changed tourism in Alberta
2020 look back: How COVID-19 changed tourism in Alberta
Posted Dec 31, 2020 6:00 am MDT
Last Updated Dec 31, 2020 at 10:16 am MDT
(Town of Banff Facebook)
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But with fewer international travellers coming into town, it also meant a lean summer for hotels, especially in the tourist hot spot of Banff. Angela Anderson with Banff Lake Louise tourism says there were a lot of empty rooms. “If you walk into a hotel, it’s going to feel different right now,” said Anderson. “Almost everywhere they’re very much limiting people allowed in common spaces just to allow for social distancing. They’ve increased their cleaning practices,” she said. Some hotels even started doing temperature checks at the door and gave out masks to guests who did not have one. Anderson says hotels in the area are doing okay, all things considered, but they saw about half as many guests as normal. WATCH: