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Originally Posted by scryer
This will kill all kinds of businesses.... not summer jobs. Just wait until May happens (assuming there is no update)
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I think some businesses (restaurants and tour companies) could falter this summer, but more due to the expected broad decline in tourism - at least from a Victoria perspective. Cruise-ship passengers are gravy - it is the worrying (expected) drop in overnight foreign visitors (big spenders) that is a much larger concern. It all depends on the length of the decline
Local Companies that hire (lots and lots) students for the summer tourist season will not be hiring much this spring. All those students will be looking for jobs elsewhere and may have to take on larger student loans next year..,.
Maybe an outside chance that US/Canadian visits will remain strong here as people stay closer to home? I think the US makes up >70% of Canada's total foreign visitors (leisure tourists).