Canadian government announced it is dropping requirement for vaccinated travelers to show negative COVID-19 test results to enter the country was greeted with relief by tourism and business groups on both sides of the border Thursday
Currently, fully vaccinated travelers entering Canada must present proof of a negative result from a professionally administered antigen test. The antigen test replaced the more costly and time-consuming molecular test in February.
“That has been interrupted over the last two years,” said Douglas. “The U.S.-Canadian economic relationship is one of deep and growing economic integration.Beth Potter, president and CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, said tourism generated CDN$105 billion and employed nearly two million people in 2019. That revenue has been cut in half over the last two years and over 400,000 jobs were lost.
“The U.S. traveler is our No. 1 international traveler by sheer volume. Anything we can do to encourage Americans to come back across the border and vacation or do business is a huge part of our industry.” Duclos said the tests are being dropped because of Canada’s high vaccination rates and fewer cases of the virus being detected at the border.
Unvaccinated Canadians and other travelers who are exempt from the vaccine mandate will still need to provide a negative rapid antigen or molecular test, or an accepted form of proof of recent infection to enter the country.
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