Some hotels, restaurants facing closure by spring, says Tourism Saskatoon CEO

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“In the next couple months there is about 60 per cent of our partners who could be permanently closing their doors and I have not met one single person who looks forward to seeing businesses boarded up in our communities.”

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Seeing restaurants, hotels and attractions close is just one aspect that worries Clovechok.

The Saskatoon Airport Authority ended the year with passenger traffic down 69 per cent drop and is forecasting a $2-million deficit. Clovechok said if air service does not return to pre-COVID levels, it would create a domino effect on international visitors who visit the city.

“If we do not have a destination where there are things to do and infrastructure that remains for people to come and experience, we will not attract that investment or capital in the future,” she said.

“This is about the need to shift part of our conversation toward strategies that are going to rebuild and restart our visitor economy with a very Saskatchewan solution around people.”

Clovechok predicts we won’t see the hospitality industry fully recover until 2024.