(Montreal) Data released Thursday by Tourisme Montreal indicates that tourism activity picked up a little last summer in the metropolis, but that it remained well below that observed before the start of the COVID pandemic. 19.
The average hotel occupancy rate was 38.5% last summer, up 22.7% from 2020, but 47.5% lower than in summer 2019 .
Tourisme Montréal noted a 199.1% increase in international tourists last July compared to the corresponding month of 2020, but still 92.5% below July 2019. The number of visits to Montreal Airport last July was 75.2% lower than in July two years ago.
As for the ridership of Montreal attractions last June, it was 16% higher than in June 2020, but 75% lower than in June 2019.
From May to September, 53 conventions planned for Montreal were postponed, resulting in the absence of 59,515 delegates.
Montreal tourism was having its best days before the pandemic by setting new attendance records year after year according to the organization, a surge that was interrupted by the health crisis.
Tourisme Montréal recalls that the tourism industry remains one of the economic sectors most affected by the pandemic, particularly business tourism, and that its survival depends on support measures. The conditions will therefore have to be in place in 2022 so that the industry can aspire to the performance of 2019, otherwise the viability of companies in the tourism sector will be called into question, according to the organization.