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Alberta government wants all-season resorts

on Crown land to boost tourism

Source: CBC News

The Alberta government wants to entice private developers to propose building all-season resorts on Crown land, in an effort to boost tourism outside of summertime.

Tourism and Sport Minister Joseph Schow tabled a bill that, if passed, would create a regulator to manage applications for — and approval of — all-season resorts on public land. There are currently none on Crown land.

Canada cancels automatic 10-year multiple-entry visas,

tightens rules

Source: CTV News

Canada has announced changes to their visitor visa policies, effectively ending the automatic issuance of 10-year multiple-entry visas, according to new rules outlined by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada.

The IRCC posted an update on the federal government’s website on Nov. 6 claiming that “multiple-entry visas issued to maximum validity are no longer considered to be the standard document.”

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Previously, visitors to Canada could be granted multiple-entry visas for up to 10 years, which allowed them to enter and exit the country freely during that period.

Canadian dollar hits 2-year low against dominant US counterpart

Source: Reuters

The Canadian dollar weakened to a two-year low against its U.S. counterpart on Tuesday as the prospect of inflationary U.S. economic policy bolstered the greenback and widened the gap between U.S. and Canadian bond yields.

The loonie was trading 0.2% lower at 1.3945 to the U.S. dollar, or 71.71 U.S. cents, after touching its weakest intraday level since October 2022 at 1.3967.

Acapulco hopes Canadians will assist in its recovery

Source: Travel Courier

Mexico’s oldest tourist resort destination is hoping to attract Canadian vacationers back to a part of the world that took a beating at the hands of Mother Nature but which it says has mostly recovered from the natural disaster.

Tourism officials from Acapulco visited both Montreal and Toronto recently, updating agents on where the Pacific coast city stands following Hurricane Otis, which was blamed for extensive damage and 52 deaths in coastal Mexico after making landfall in October of last year.

WestJet inaugurates service to Tulum from Calgary and Toronto

Source: WestJet

The introduction of service to Tulum’s newly opened international airport from Calgary and Toronto adds to WestJet’s robust network of service offerings to and from Mexico’s Riviera Maya. Guests travelling to Tulum will also benefit from convenient flight times, allowing them to connect seamlessly from Canadian destinations across WestJet’s network.

What is check-in chicken?

Travel experts weigh in on viral legroom seat assignment tactic

Source: ABC News

Travel expert Chelsea Dickenson writes about ways to save on various legs of vacations, from how to get hotel upgrades and tips to track luggage. The self-titled "cheap holiday expert" recently shared her airline "check-in chicken" strategy on TikTok -- a strategy that has at times helped to secure extra legroom and since exploded in popularity online.

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