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Last Chance to Submit Your Hidden Gem Article
OMCA
Send OMCA a story about a little-known amazing destination that you’ve experienced. You could have your story included in the fall edition of the Road Explorer magazine. This issue will focus on Hidden Gems of Ontario and Quebec, and if we have success with these submissions, we will feature other areas of North America in future Road Explorer issues. Today is the deadline, so don’t wait another minute to send your story in!
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MyOMCA Event Portal is Now Open
OMCA
Registered Delegates can now access the MyOMCA portal to fine-tune their profile and upload any documents or media for other delegates to review. There is less than two weeks before the directory opens for other delegates to view your profile, so be sure to give it a once-over before September 13th. Attendees from the 2020 OMCA Marketplace will still have last year’s file uploaded to their account which will need to be reviewed and deleted, if outdated.
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Update from OMCA President
OMCA
This week Ontario joined other Provinces and announced the implementation of an Enhanced Vaccination Certification starting on September 22nd. The association participated a pre briefing and confirmed that Ontarians and visitors will need to be fully vaccinated (required doses plus 14 days) and show their proof of vaccination along with photo ID to access certain public settings and facilities as of September 22nd. On October 22nd, the Province will move to a digital system to demonstrate proof of vaccination. This approach focuses on indoor public settings and includes:
- Restaurants and bars (indoors and excludes outdoor patios and takeout)
- Nightclubs
- Meetings and event spaces
- Sporting, recreation and fitness facilities and events (except for youth recreational sport)
- Casinos and gaming establishments
- Concerts, festivals and theatres and cinemas
Out of Province and International visitors should be encouraged to contact their local health units to receive proper documentation and have it ready during their visit to the province.
Unfortunately, these requirements will not affect the current capacity limits set out in Ontario’s reopening plan nor will it apply to business employees. The government is still encouraging businesses to create a vaccination policy for their staff.
The association and our advocacy partners will continue to push for the lifting of capacity limits and the use of science-based data to inform government policies. We continue to ask that governments align their proof of vaccination policies and the technology used for verification. Until this this alignment occurs, please ensure you print or have a PDF version of our vaccination available with traveling.
See the full release at: https://news.ontario.ca/en/release/1000779/ontario-to-require-proof-of-vaccination-in-select-settings
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
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Ontario reinstating renewal requirements for driver's licences, licence plate stickers and health cards
Ontario News
Heavy commercial vehicle owners will need to renew their vehicle validations by Dec. 31, 2021. People who have not renewed their products during the Extended Validity period will be required to pay the fee for previous years, in addition to the current year renewal fee. Announcement is found here.
OMCA advocated to MTO to wave the retroactive collection of licence plate fees for parked vehicles that have not made revenue during this period and our voices were heard. The MTO website states: If you choose to pay the Ontario portion of the IRP fees through the payment plan, more information on how to pay the deferred IRP renewal fees will be available by early 2022. If you did not operate your vehicle(s) after your expiry date and during the extension period, you may apply for an exemption. Non-operating vehicles will be removed from the renewal. You will need to complete a declaration and advise the IRP clerk at the time of renewal, so fees can be adjusted. You will be required to supply supporting documentation and may be subject to an audit of your facilities at the ministry’s discretion.
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Plan an unforgettable trip to Brantford. Book Tourism Brantford’s complimentary Bus Welcome Program and receive a personalized step-on welcome and a gift bag that includes pre-packaged local treats for everyone on your bus, including the tour escort and driver.
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COVID-19: Tourism association 'caught off guard' by US travel advisory for Canada
OrilliaMatters.com
Canada's tourism and hotel associations say they were caught off guard and disappointed by the U.S. government's decision to escalate its travel advisory for Canada.
The U.S. State Department urged Americans on Monday to "reconsider" travel to Canada as they set the travel advisory to Level 3, after just a three-week period where Canada was at Level 2 with the land border open to U.S citizens and permanent residents.
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Friends with benefits: Ménage a trois
Travel Industry Today
After 18-months in lockdown, three of Canada’s largest cities have set their friendly rivalries aside. For the first time ever, Ottawa Tourism, Tourisme Montréal and Destination Toronto join forces in the new campaign, City Friends with Benefits.
Designed to help revive local tourism sectors in each city, City Friends with Benefits invites travellers from each city to escape their hometown and try something new in Toronto, Ottawa or Montréal (the three-city corridor).
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Canada to reopen to fully vaccinated international travellers from September
Devdiscourse
The Canadian government has announced its intention to relax coronavirus entry restrictions and open Canada's borders to fully vaccinated travellers from countries worldwide from Sept. 7.
This means that vaccinated holders of a Canada tourist ETA electronic travel authorization will soon be able to gain entry to the country without having to comply with other entry restrictions, such as the need to quarantine or take a COVID-19 test 8 days after arrival.
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Grand opening of the Niagara Parks Power Station set for Sept. 3
Travel Daily News
The Niagara Parks Power Station in Ontario, Canada will officially host its grand opening as Niagara’s newest landmark attraction on Sept. 3. The Niagara Parks Power Station is expected to be an important demand driver and catalyst in the recovery of tourism in Niagara and Ontario, providing an innovative and iconic year-round visitor experience for Canada’s top leisure tourism destination.
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Canada's Ontario province to require vaccine certificates
The Journal
Ontario became the fourth Canadian province to announce residents will have to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 to enter restaurants, theaters, gyms and other indoor public venues.
Premier Doug Ford said the vaccination certificate program will take effect Sept. 22.
“I know this is what we have to do right now in the face of this fourth wave,” Ford told a news conference.
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US issues 'travel advisory' for Canada, tourism to be further impacted
The Sault Star
Just when more licence plates are indicating the return of American visitors to Ontario, Travis Anderson believes that may quickly change.
The city’s director of tourism was disappointed to hear the U.S. government has issued a Canada Travel Advisory, asking its citizens reconsider travel north of the border.
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