COVID-19 restrictions begin to ease, people are eager to take off.“I haven’t been on an actual trip for a long time, so I’m really excited, actually,” said McKenna Nameth, heading out of Canada.“We’re at the point where we need a vacation, it’s been a hard time,” said Regan Campbell.
Travel bookings up as Albertans take advantage of loosening border measures At the end of February, Canada dropped the PCR testing requirement for fully-vaccinated travellers entering the country.
Travellers now require an antigen test, which is less expensive and gives quicker results.However, flyers can still be randomly selected for PCR tests.
But fully-vaccinated flyers won’t have to isolate while waiting for their results, but they will have to isolate if they get a positive result.The government also lifted their travel advisory and Saskatchewan airports are already seeing an increase in customers.“I would say certainly, on the domestic side, we’re seeing a lot more appetite for travel, we’ve actually seen more passengers coming through almost immediately,” said James Bogusz, Regina Airport CEO.The one thing that is still keeping people away is if travellers do test positive, they need to quarantine for 10 days at their destination before returning back to Canada.