Category Archives: Tourism

Eating out on Cortes Island: Summer residents, campers and boaters

CKTZ News, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

There have been a lot of people eating out on Cortes Island this summer and most of them are tourists or summer residents.

By Hannah Scott, Richmond Sentinel, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

As the tourism industry restarts across Canada, Vancouver International Airport is beginning to welcome more travellers back.

Kai Harvey of Cortes Kayaks is feeling optimistic as BC enters phase one of its new restart plan.

They ask that people show their support on social media by using the hashtags #DiscoverCampbellRiver and #BCTourismCounts.

At the April 28, 2021 meeting, The Wilderness Tourism Association (WTA) of BC asked the SRD Board to support DFO’s decision to remove fish farms from the Discovery Islands.

WTA President Breanne Quesnel, of Spirit of the West Adventures on Quadra Island, reminded the board that they also represent the interests of 15 of its member companies operating within the Strathcona Regional District.