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Visitation at P.E.I. National Park increased 20 per cent for the year

Friday, October 25, 2019

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A fruitful August has pushed the P.E.I. tourism sector into a record height.
Total overnight stays were increased by 4.5 per cent in August, pushing year-to-date numbers to 2.8 per cent over last year.

 

2018 ended on a series of four consecutive record years. However, with August in the books for 2019, operators went up by 1.4 per cent over the 2017 numbers.

 

August was quite impressive in some of the most important markets of the Island.

 

New Brunswick: +5.9%.
Nova Scotia: +3.9%.
Quebec: +7.9%.
New England: +16.6%.
Staycations were up 4.5 per cent.

 

Attractions are slowly impacting by increasing the number of tourists. For the year-to-date, provincial heritage sites have 12.5 per cent more visitors and P.E.I. National Park visitation is up 19.1 per cent.

 

Tourism Minister Matthew MacKay showed concern that post-tropical storm Dorian, which hit the Island on Sept. 7th, might have slowed the industry’s momentum.
“When Dorian hit our numbers were great,” said MacKay.

 

“When that storm hit it certainly took a couple of weeks out of us. I think if that storm didn’t hit we would have had some real big numbers. But we’re certainly going to be happy with the end result, considering.”

 

Early indicators from September propose Dorian may have caused immense difficulty.
The province has released traffic numbers, and they show ferry traffic down 10.1 per cent and Confederation Bridge traffic down 5.4 per cent.

 

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