Travel Prices Stabilize in Canada as Post-Pandemic Demand Falters

  • Airlines, hotels are losing some of their pricing power
  • Travel demand is stronger on international routes: TD’s Becker

Toronto Pearson International Airport in Ontario.

Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg
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Inflation in Canada’s travel sector is easing as the post-Covid surge in vacation spending wears off.

Air transportation costs in Canada were flat year-over-year in April, while travel accommodation prices fell 1.5%, Statistics Canada reported on Tuesday. Prices for travel tours were just 0.5% higher than a year earlier.