The Metro Vancouver Tourism and Hospitality Industry Response and Recovery Task Force, including its many thousands of stakeholders, represents some of the largest industry-related employers and venues in B.C. Contributing approximately $14.4 billion to the Metro Vancouver economy annually and supporting 105,000 full time jobs, our members serve, host, transport, entertain, and accommodate millions of local, national and international guests annually.
Research
As part of the Impact Assessment Working Group’s mandate, research was conducted to develop estimates on the overall impact of COVID-19 on the Metro Vancouver tourism and hospitality industry.
Sector Advocacy
With input from over 60 member organizations and research from our Working Groups, the Task Force acts as a unified voice, to ensure governments understand the ongoing impact of COVID-19 response strategies on our sector.
Member Stories
Stories from tourism operators across our area to illustrate the real challenges retailers, tour and attraction operators, hoteliers, restaurateurs and other tourism-related businesses have faced since January 2020.