Tourism groups request Canada government to lift testing requirement for fully vaccinated travellers

Friday, March 11, 2022

For fully vaccinated international travellers, tourism and business groups are requesting the federal government to get rid of the pre-departure COVID-19 testing requirement. They are in conflict with the authorities that the measure is no longer needed at this moment. On Thursday morning, representatives from many organizations arranged a press conference in Toronto, saying that removing the restriction is essential to allow the businesses related to tourism to recover fully.

To quote Lindsay Broadhead, the senior vice-president of communications and public affairs at the Toronto Region Board of Trade, “Businesses are becoming more confident that we are past the need to rely on restrictive measures like lockdowns to manage the virus.”

“To realize the full opportunity, we must, where it is safe to do so, remove restrictions that are no longer needed. That’s why today, I join my friends from the Global Business Travel Association, American Express Global Business Travel, and Destination Toronto, to call on the federal government to help revise its travel policies so that Toronto’s tourism sector can get back on its feet.”

The groups are urging the federal government to do away with the requirement related to pre-departure testing for fully vaccinated travellers no later than April 1st, which is when the regulations are set to be updated.

The international travellers at this moment are needed to share their proof of a negative COVID-19 test before entering Canada. It can be a molecular test completed within 72 hours of the departure time of the flight or the arrival of the traveller to Canada by land or by sea.

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