Tourists have arrived in Gaspésie. The early tourism observed last year seems to be recurring this year, although overseas travel is possible again.
Sylvie Tassé will make her first trip of the year to the Gaspésie aboard her Westfalia.
The region, in the spring, is a destination of choice for those leaving the Laurentian with their spouse. Not too many people. We like when we are more alone; we are pretty wildhe admits, laughing. The lobster season is starting. [On va] perhaps [manger] little lobster roll this afternoon.
Also on a trip to the Gaspésie, Madone Poirier takes advantage of the long weekend to feast on seafood. We went down at this time because we could have fresh crab and not frozen. The weather is nice and the road is nicehe says.
This year, we noticed a great return of international tourists to a hotel in Carleton-sur-Mer.
We have French tourists who are already coming for the holidays at this time of year. We also received Spanish tourists, last week, and there, we noticed more and more English -speaking tourists from other provinces of Canada and the United States.said Manoir Belle Plage director of operations, Héloïse Tanguay-Beaumont.
Starting next week, the Carleton-sur-Mer municipal campground will open its doors. The City hopes Mother Nature will cooperate.
We look forward to having a very good month of Junesaid the mayor of Carleton-sur-Mer, Mathieu Lapointe. So far the bookings are good. We have a lot of reservations for the month of June. Last year was an extraordinary season, a record year! We think we can reach these numbersadded selected.
The spring tourism trend is evolving
After two years of pandemic, Quebecers still see Gaspésie as a vacation destination of choice, even in the spring. The trend is a pleasure for the Gaspé tourist industry, which has been working for several years to extend the tourist season.
Even though the borders are open, people still want to visit Quebec. They still want to visit places they discovered during the pandemic, which they hadn’t been to before, and it continues this summer.happy with Ms. Tanguay-Beaumont.
Spring tourism has gained groundconfirms Tourisme Gaspésie’s Director of Marketing and Communications, Stéphanie Thibaud.
This resulted last year in higher than average occupancy rates. The context of the pandemic has a lot to do with it, but it will still be seen this year, we feel it. In 2021, accommodations in Gaspésie had an occupancy rate of 54.7% in June, Ms. Thibaud.
The Regional Tourist Association has long been working to extend the tourist season before and after the summer. Tourisme Gaspésie strives to promote activities other than those offered during the summer. You can still do spring skiing, but there is also canyoning and raftinglisted Stéphanie Thibaud.
After conducting a market study, the organization noted the interest of 18 to 34 year olds for spring stays in Gaspésie. We want to offer them microadventuressaid the marketing director.
Tourisme Gaspésie is also producing a promotional campaign exclusively dedicated to spring tourism, which will be launched next year. For the first time, this advertising strategy will be separated from the summer promotion.
Based on a report by Isabelle Larose
Source: Radio-Canada
