{"id":612462,"date":"2026-04-18T13:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/612462\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:39:08","slug":"access-remains-top-hurdle-for-nl-tourism-but-hopes-are-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/612462\/","title":{"rendered":"Access Remains Top Hurdle for NL Tourism, But Hopes are High"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/hospitality-nl-newfoundland-and-labrador-chair-john-devereaux.jpg\" class=\"header-image\" alt=\"Access Remains Top Hurdle for NL Tourism, But Hopes are High\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hospitality NL Chair John Devereaux (VOCM News)<\/p>\n<p>Hospitality NL says access to Newfoundland and Labrador remains the number one issue for local tourism operators, but they\u2019re optimistic about the\u00a0upcoming season.<\/p>\n<p>HNL Chair John Devereaux says people are still interested in visiting Newfoundland and Labrador, but getting here remains a challenge.<\/p>\n<p>He welcomes the development of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.destinationlabrador.com\/guide\/tlfl_lcd.htm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Route 51<\/a> through Quebec to Labrador,\u00a0and while\u00a0air and marine access is still difficult, they\u2019re excited about increased interest from overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have flights coming from Ireland, England, Paris\u2026they\u2019re full. So, that\u2019s a big contributor to our economy right now, and we\u2019re excited about that. It\u2019s looking like a great season so far\u2026.we\u2019re cautiously optimistic I should say.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Hospitality NL Chair John Devereaux (VOCM News) Hospitality NL says access to Newfoundland and Labrador remains the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612463,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[45,49,48],"class_list":{"0":"post-612462","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-business","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612462\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}