OTTAWA, July 30 (Reuters) – Canada is tightening its regulations for foreign lers who have to drive through the country and Alaska, the executive said Thursday, after several U.S. citizens were fined by police for diverting them for tourism.
The Canada-U.S. border has been closed to places that are not essential since mid-March, but returning Canadians, must-have workers, truck drivers, strangers who pick up their families, and other Americans driving in Alaska have been allowed to enter.
Canada slowed the spread of coronavirus directly compared to the United States, where on Wednesday, the country’s 3 largest states set record COVID-19 deaths. Deaths across Canada have been single digits in several parts two weeks ago.
Any user who enters Canada, a must-have worker, must be quarantined lately for four days, but not all have complied with it. Some other Americans, adding American citizens who mocked the scenic Banff National Park on their way to Alaska, were fined by police.
Under current rules, which will take effect friday, travelers to Alaska for non-discretionary purposes must move to the rustic at five border crossings specified here in western Canada.
Travelers will reach a “flight tag” that should be attached to the rearview mirror of their vacation to or from Alaska and clearly indicate when they will have to leave Canada, authorities said.
They will also have to take the maximum direct direction available, “while avoiding all national parks, recreation sites and tourist activities,” the filmmaker says, and may have to alert the Canadian border government of its departure from Canada before entering the United States. (Reports through Kelsey Johnson in Ottawa edited through Alistair Bell)
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