New Brunswick ready for a Quebec rush during the construction holidays

Shediac companies, in the south-east of New Brunswick, are ready for an influx of tourists, while the traditional construction holidays have just started in Quebec.

It is estimated that 200,000 Quebec workers are on leave during the last two weeks of July.

It is certain that the next few weeks will be our most busy weeks of the year, even perhaps the most busy weeks in the history of my businesses because we expect a very strong season this yeardeclares Sébastien Després, the owner of Shediac, Wonderland And the fun bistro the mock-tortise.

At the beginning of June, it started to be very busy, but here, we really feel the pressurerejoices the hotelier Thierry Le Bouthillier, president of Bower Hospitality Group.

Reservations in hotels and restaurants already have a long in advance, according to entrepreneurs encountered.

It’s very good. Hotels are filledsaid Thierry Le Bouthillier on Saturday. At the Tait hotel, at the Gabriel hotel, etc., we are still almost complete, but a few other rooms are still available.

Since July […]it’s full of traffic. These are figures that we have not seen in recent years.

We have the calls that come, we have a lot of reservations. Mockery reservations have already been stronger than the habitsaid Sébastien Després. Normally, the mock-tote fills up day by day, but there, we see that there are reservations of weeks in advance.

These entrepreneurs do not doubt that the trade and price war with the United States has an effect this summer.

There is a gigantic percentage which is not comfortable to go to the United States, or that, for political reasons, they will not go to the United States this year.

I think tensions a little with the United States increase our turnover. Absolutelyadds Thierry Le Bouthillier. We see it and then we feel it. People also speak to us that they feel more comfortable to come here in Shediac, or even in eastern Canada.

Aggressive promotion campaign

Carefall is also up to now in the Provincial Parks in New Brunswick.

Attendance increased by around 6 % compared to last year, according to the Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture, Isabelle Thériault.

In a written statement, she stressed that the provincial government had invested significant sums in Quebec and Ontario to convince residents of these provinces to visit New Brunswick.

According to the report by Allie Chouinard