Tourism business is brisk again after two years of very little activity
After two summers during which Victoria’s cruise ship terminal was a veritable ghost town, the sight of thousands of tourists disembarking from the docked Royal Caribbean Ovation is magical for Andrew Capeau.
While Capeau likes to point out historical landmarks, he said most of his passengers ask about daily life in Victoria, such as the biggest employer and the price of a house. Wearing a ball cap, runners, shorts and T-shirt, Capeau barely breaks a sweat as he cycles, splitting his attention between pedestrians and traffic lights and chatting with his fares.
The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority, which oversees the Ogden Point cruise ship terminal, estimates 750,000 passengers will arrive in Victoria aboard 350 cruise ships this year. About half of those have already arrived. Destination Greater Victoria CEO Paul Nursey said hotel occupancy in B.C.’s capital is almost back to 2019 levels, just eight per cent shy when comparing the first half of 2022 to the same period in 2019.
In May 2022, there were 285,282 international and U.S. overnight visitors to B.C., compared to 57,646 visitors in May 2021. This year’s visitor numbers are still 54 per cent lower than the 1.9 million international guests in May 2019.
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