Nova Scotia hosts more than 1.2 million visitors in summer 2019

Nova Scotia welcomed

1,247,200 overnight visitors between June and September 2019, the peak summer tourism season.

That is a decrease of five per cent compared with 2018, but the industry remains strong after several years of growth, with 262,500 more people visiting the province during this summer’s peak months compared with the summer of 2013, before the ONE Nova Scotia report called for an expansion of tourism.

“Hosting the world is something Nova Scotia does well and we had a great season despite challenging external factors. That’s a testament to the strength of our tourism industry and the people who work hard to give visitors a great Nova Scotia experience,” said Geoff

Maclellan, minister responsible for Tourism Nova Scotia. “The industry is in a better position today than it was just a few years ago, creating new world-class experiences and gaining national and international recognition, and I strongly believe we will continue to experience growth.”

This summer, tourism operators were impacted by factors such as Hurricane Dorian, the absence of the Yarmouth-maine ferry and the grounding of the Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft.

This year, Travel Lemming’s panel of influential travel bloggers named Nova Scotia as one of the Top 30 Emerging Destinations globally for 2020 and the number one overall destination in the US and Canada.

Two leading travel magazines, Conde Nast Traveller and

Travel + Leisure also named Cape Breton Island one of the top island destinations in the world.

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