Reservations in Greater Victoria’s accommodation sector are building back strongly for spring and early summer. Currently, the pace of forward bookings through to July 2022 is close to 2019 levels, and virtually the same as 2019 for March and April 2022.
Throughout January all segments of Greater Victoria’s visitor economy were impacted by restrictions on travel and gatherings required in response to the spread of the Omicron variant. Business is expected to gradually improve as restrictions ease.
Despite interruptions to business due to the Omicron variant, Destination Greater Victoria remains positive in it’s outlook for business in 2022 and is positioned to market the destination strongly in all channels as soon as conditions allow.
November continued to demonstrate strong ADR numbers for Victoria Hoteliers.
October continued relatively robust accommodation metrics relying on the Canadian Domestic Market.
Hotel results improved in September 2021 and are robust considering it has been only 8-10 weeks since circuit breaker restrictions ended.
August 2021 saw a healthy recovery for Greater Victoria hotels, driven by regional and Canadian travel.
The pace of reservations increased steadily in July with Phase 3 of the BC Restart Plan.
June 15th saw Step 2 of the BC Restart Plan with reservations starting to building in late June.