It’s been two-and-a-half months since the U.S. border reopened to Canadian visitors, but unfortunately in Point Roberts, it’s not bringing the levels of tourism that businesses there were expecting after the 19-month closure.
POINT ROBERTS, Wash. — It’s been two-and-a-half months since the , but unfortunately in Point Roberts, it’s not bringing the levels of tourism that businesses there were expecting after the 19-month closure.
“When it first opened and cases were down, we saw a 25%, 30% jump,” Hayton said. “And now that the cases are so high and these new requirements have come down that people don’t understand we’re exempt to, last week we were only up 6%.” may be near impossible, unless a person wants to pay out of their own pocket. That means that anyone traveling across the border to Canada is in for a challenge. are exempt from the testing requirement when they return home due to Point Roberts’ status as an exclave community. The American town sits on a small peninsula that is only accessible by boat or by driving 25 miles through southern British Columbia; it is not connected to Washington by land.
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