Total solar eclipse is driving travel demand to these Canadian cities: Airbnb
Global News
Interest in travelling to Canadian cities and towns along the path of the total solar eclipse is skyrocketing ahead of the rare celestial event on April 8.
Interest in travelling to Canadian cities and towns along the path of the total solar eclipse is skyrocketing ahead of the rare celestial event not seen in the country in over four decades.
The eclipse’s path will cross through parts of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador on April 8.
The event is driving tourism in cities and towns that will go into complete darkness, as people from across the country make plans to get a good glimpse of the eclipse.
Data from Airbnb released Tuesday showed that searches for listings in places that are on the totality path have soared for April 5-8, 2024, compared with the same period last year.
“When we crunched the numbers, we found that there was a 300 per cent surge in search for cities along the path of totality on April 8,” said Matt McNama, an Airbnb spokesperson in Canada.
“There’s a huge amount of interest and I think we’ll see more and more people booking on Airbnb over the next month.”
Montreal and the Niagara Region are the country’s most popular eclipse destinations with the highest number of Airbnb bookings for April 5-8. Hamilton, St. Catharines and Kingston, Ont., are also in the top five.
When searching for an eclipse getaway, people are mostly interested in listings that have big kitchens, amenities, backyards and more outdoor space, McNama told Global News.
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