So news Wednesday that the four Atlantic provinces have banded together to form an “Atlantic travel bubble” — a move it’s hoped will boost the economy and help tourism operators in a region battered by COVID-19 travel bans — left her cool. “Since 2003, I can count on one hand how many people from Atlantic Canada have taken my tour,” she said. Buoyed by low COVID-19 case counts, the premiers have announced an agreement to form a travel bubble starting on July 3. Governments for all four provinces have been marketing “staycations” to prod Atlantic Canadians to spend their tourism dollars close to home. “There’s a story that’s not been told yet that’s part of the real story that connects the past to the present here in Atlantic Canada.

Source: thestar June 24, 2020 17:42 UTC