B.C. tour operators are calling on the federal government to thaw relations with China, after it emerged that the Chinese government left Canada off a list of countries approved for tour groups.
As international travel picks up following the end of COVID-19 restrictions, the Chinese foreign ministry announced that 78 countries had been added to a list of destinations approved for group tours and travel packages — which did not include Canada.
The public affairs office at the Chinese embassy in Ottawa wrote that the decision came as “lately, the Canadian side has repeatedly hyped up the so-called ‘Chinese interference’ and rampant and discriminatory anti-Asian acts
