While players in the tourism industry expect a summer similar to that of 2020, visitors are already flocking in East-du-Québec. This is particularly the case in Haute-Gaspésie, where traffic is felt in certain traders.
In a new Cap-Chat canteen, the tourist season has started for two weeks. The co -owner of the restaurant Les Flots Gourmands, Vincent Landry, even launched that his start to the tourist season was fairly intense
.
“It’s a high volume of customers in a short time […]it’s still enough rock’n’roll “Indicates the entrepreneur.
Vincent Landry anticipates many hours of work, due to the large number of tourists supposed to cross the Gaspé territory this summer.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Alice Jacottin
After several days of 17 hours of work and an inventory already robbed, Mr. Landry chose to review his model and recruit staff. The first evening, we made 250 customers
he says.
For a small 15 feet on 15 feet trade, it’s still a lot of customers.
Meanwhile, the first tourists are already walking the summit of Mont Saint-Pierre. Ève-Marie Dusset, from Cap-Seize, near Sainte-Anne-des-Monts, brought her friend Mélodie Germain de Saint-Calixte-Nord there, in the Lanaudière region.
Ève-Marie Dusset and Mélodie Germain intend to enjoy their time in Haute-Gaspésie.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Alice Jacottin
Both recognize the beauty of the landscape. It’s magnificent, we see the view by going up, that is to say the land and sea view, it’s really beautiful.
Take advantage of the territory
Haute-Gaspésie is a fertile soil with development, according to some. The mountain tourist resort of Mont-Saint-Pierre was inaugurated last year and made it possible to welcome 12,500 visitors during its first season.
With a $ 6.5 million project, managers hope to make the place an essential step in the tourist circuit of the Gaspé loop.
The event marketing director for the mountain on sea tourism station David Louchard, says his team is on the war foot
As summer approaches and the arrival of tourists.
David Louchard wants to make the Mont-Saint-Pierre tourist resort a key place for the Gaspé.
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Mr. Louchard supports the same breath that his team hired bilingual employees, due to the likely and important influx of English -speaking in the Gaspé this summer.
The Mountain sur Mer objective is to become a tourist destination for the four seasons and also the point where people can come to come together in Gaspésie.
Rémi Barrette and François Durocher, both from Gatineau, also enjoy of the Mont Saint-Pierre panorama.
The two men move for the first time in Gaspé to do tourism.
Rémi Barrette and François Durocher want to “soak up the area” during their stay.
Photo : Radio-Canada / Alice Jacottin
Their cases do not constitute an anomaly, according to the Alliance of the Tourism Industry of Quebec. The organization provides that almost 50 % of the population intends to stay in Quebec for summer holidays this year and that many travelers plan to cancel their stay in the United States.
The tourist promotion advisor of the MRC From Haute-Gaspésie, Marie-Eve Blanchette, recognizes that the current context with the United States could be favorable to its corner of the country.
Everything suggests that we will have a new wave of visitors for this summer.
Some tourist players even provide for summer traffic similar to that of the start of the pandemic. The one who works on tourism promotion in Haute-Gaspésie nevertheless believes that the traffic in summer 2025 will not be higher than that of 2020, during which visitors had to maintain a social distancing.
Marie-Eve Blanchette says that an international clientele could be seduced by the colorful landscapes of the Gaspé this summer, without compromising the tranquility of its vast territories. The Gaspé will not be completely flooded this summer
she says.
According to an annual CAA-Québec survey, the Gaspésie arrives second in the travel intentions of Quebecers this year, just behind the Capitale-Nationale.
According to a report by Alice Jacottin
