“In 2020, we were unable to safely find a way to allow artisans and vendors to interact with causeway users. Thanks to the work between our team and Island Health, as well as a year of understanding how this virus spreads, we have found a way to restructure the activation of this space for this summer,” said Ian Robertson, chief executive of the Greater Victoria Harbour Authority. The vendors will be able to set up daily between 10 a.m. and 10 p.m. starting Saturday. The program will run through Sept. 12. All vendors must wear masks and do a COVID safety check daily with the harbour authority as part of a WorkSafeBC plan, while visitors are reminded to maintain six-feet separation from others while browsing and shopping.
VICTORIA The Greater Victoria Harbour Authority (GVHA) is bringing back art and food vendors to Victoria s Inner Harbour this summer, with new pandemic protocols in place. The annual Inner Harbour Summer Line Up along the harbour s lower causeway was cancelled last year due to COVID-19. Now, a reduced set of vendors and food trucks will be returning to the area starting in May. Relaunching the Inner Harbour Summer Line Up will bring life back to the lower causeway, which is part of the centre of tourism for the downtown core, said GVHA CEO Ian Robertson in a release Wednesday.
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Ian Robertson: Itâs time to discuss a roadmap to safely re-open our land and marine borders for tourism Opinion: It is critical that our governments have an industry-backed plan to safely re-open. This will signal that our country remains open to tourism, including cruise visitation, in a post-COVID world.
Author of the article: Ian Robertson
Publishing date: Apr 09, 2021  â¢Â 4 hours ago  â¢Â 3 minute read  â¢Â Vancouver, BC: MARCH 20, 2020 The usually busy Canada Place is deserted as no cruise ships are berthed in Vancouver, BC Friday, March 20, 2020. Due to the Covid-19 virus outbreak, virtually all tourism worldwide has been stopped. Photo by Jason Payne /PNG
This is a decision that I continue to support. The health and safety of the community remains the top priority for our organization. Cruises will resume when border restrictions are removed and when people may again begin to plan for non-essential travel. However, it is time for the Government of Canada, with the Province of British Columbia and other relevant stakeholders, to determine a road map for the safe reopening of the Canada-U.S. land and marine borders. I am not advocating for re-opening before it is safe to do so; I am asking that government, industry and local communities work together to understand what factors need to be met to begin to welcome our American neighbours back to Canada.