With ‘lone wolf’ event and wide space, Canada's COVID-19 capital looks to tempt tourists

With ‘lone wolf’ event and wide space, Canada’s COVID-19 capital looks to tempt tourists

Author: Agencies

Quebec, the Canadian province hit hardest by the coronavirus outbreak, is touting its vast spaces, “lone wolf” running event, and “end of the road” trails to travellers as a center for social distancing, tourism executives said. Roughly six times the size of France and around the population of New York City, Quebec aims to spur demand among its own residents, while looking to tourists from neighboring province Ontario and the United States when travel restrictions relax. “We have such a large amount of space that we can easily respect social distancing,” said Martin Soucy, director general of tourism-group, Alliance de l’industrie touristique du Québec. Quebec has more than half of Canada’s 97,530 coronavirus cases and 7,994 deaths from the respiratory illness COVID-19, although most of its fatalities were in nursing homes.