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Tourism has come roaring back from pandemic lows, but operators say the sector has yet to reach pre-pandemic levels and debt remains a hefty burden for thousands of small businesses across the country. Unofficially named “The First Sidewalk” a 700-foot walking trail system to promote eco-tourism is shown in Bella Bella, B.C., on Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Maureen Gordon has weathered hard times before.
She and her husband began running ecotourism outfit Maple Leaf Adventures out of Vancouver about a month before the 9/11 terrorist attacks devastated international travel in 2001.
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