With the US-Canada border closed, wildlife tourism is hurting

Tuesday, July 14, 2020 - 19:10 in Mathematics & Economics

There likely won’t be any trips in the Yukon like this one for American hunters in 2020. (Sloane Brown/YETI/)This story originally featured on Outdoor Life.For many of us here in the US, an annual hunting or fishing trip to Canada is a longstanding tradition. And Canadians, particularly those in the more remote western provinces, depend on American tourism dollars to bolster local economies. But the US-Canada border has been closed since March and will remain so until at least July 21. There is also a 14-day quarantine rule in place that will stay in effect until Aug. 31. That means anyone who does come into the country must self-isolate for two weeks. In most cases, Canadian citizens are also not permitted to drive or fly from province-to-province without quarantine.A recent poll showed 81 percent of Canadians don’t want the border to open to Americans, mainly due to the uncertainty surrounding...

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