‘I want to be optimistic’: Tourism season in La Ronge expected to be slow
The busiest month for tourism in La Ronge is June, but Lac La Ronge Visitor Centre Manager Judy Hanke doesn’t believe there will be as much traffic as normal.
“I want to be optimistic, but I think it is going to be a little bit slower, especially probably June, which is one of our busiest months,” she said. “Saskatchewan won’t even really be wide open until whenever the date is for the last phase.”
It has been much slower in La Ronge in recent weeks due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. In a normal year, tourists from the United States and neighbouring provinces would be flooding into town, but that has happened as the national border is closed and provincial parks can’t be accessed by anyone outside of Saskatchewan.
In June, Hanke noted hundreds of canoers come through the region including multiple school groups from southern communities. While there won’t be any groups coming this year, she added it’s hard to determine how the tourism season might be in July and August.