
Canada Joins the Global Indigenous Tourism Boom
Indigenous tourism is emerging as a major global travel sector, with Canada, Australia and New Zealand leading growth while airlines and hotel chains expand connectivity and offerings.
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Indigenous tourism is emerging as a major global travel sector, with Canada, Australia and New Zealand leading growth while airlines and hotel chains expand connectivity and offerings.

Air Canada Puerto Vallarta evacuation: Air Canada sent larger 787-9 Dreamliners to Puerto Vallarta on February 24 to help repatriate stranded Canadians after cartel violence in Jalisco disrupted flights.

Canada hotel pipeline reaches record levels at the end of 2025, with 332 projects and 45,429 rooms underway or planned across the country.

Sudbury warming huts have opened across Greater Sudbury trails, providing emergency shelter and expected to generate $6 million in annual tourism spin-offs.

Curaçao tourism recorded a 26% rise in Canadian arrivals in January 2026, as the island welcomed 79,387 stayover visitors and a total of 211,932 arrivals.

Glen Canyon NRA is drawing unprecedented international interest, but visa rules, infrastructure limits and strained US-Canada travel relations threaten sustained growth.

WestJet disruptions have left travelers grounded across Canada, Cuba and Mexico, with 15 cancellations and 77 delays affecting major airports.

US ski tourism is being reshaped in the 2025–26 season as political tensions and a snow drought reduce Canadian visitors and strain Western resorts.

Air Transat has announced it will not operate direct flights to the United States for Summer 2026 and will instead introduce nine new international routes, including services to Ghana, Senegal and Albania.

Caribbean tourism decline contributed to a more than seven percent fall in Nevada arrivals last year, as Jamaica, the Bahamas, Barbados, Dominica, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago reported lower visitor numbers.

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver has named Cole Millen as its new General Manager, bringing decades of Fairmont leadership experience and a focus on heritage property stewardship.

INCYBER Forum Canada 2026 will be held in Ottawa from 1–3 December 2026, bringing around 4,000 delegates to Rogers Centre Ottawa and generating an estimated $5.4 million in economic impact.