Because Renfrew County is off the beaten path of desirable destinations the impact of the Covid-19 outbreak on local tourism may be less severe here.
Alastair Baird is with Enterprise Renfrew County, and the Ottawa Valley Tourist Association.
He says a conference call among associations and Ministry of Tourism officials was held Wednesday (March 10th)
Ninety-eight percent of the tourists who come to our region hail from Canada or the States, and don’t have to travel here by plane or cruise ship.
The variable in that assessment is the degree of severity that may arise from the increasing number of Covid-19 cases being declared in the U-S.