In-province “staycations” in Manitoba are looking more and more popular this year as interprovincial travel remains restricted in Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Destination Canada’s Gloria Loree told 680 CJOB that research from her organization — a Crown corporation tasked with data-driven marketing of Canada as a tourist destination — shows there’s a lot of demand among Manitobans to visit other parts of their own province. “We can see it returning in search terms — there’s quite a resurge,” said Loree. “And maybe some good news for Manitobans is the fact that you have a pretty good population base with a history. “Manitobans, they do visit their own province, so you have a little bit of track record there… and you also have every