With an average price at the pump in the area of $1.93, campgrounds in the region will be one of the solutions for vacationers.
“We will stay longer in the same place, we will save a little on gas, we were planning to go to Gaspésie, we will not go” confirmed Claude Ellefsen, in an interview Tuesday with TVA Nouvelles. “Usually we go around the lake, at $2 a litre, you think twice. Yesterday $120 to fill up.”
“The Îles-de-la-Madeleine will be next year. It makes you think,” said a man who has just purchased a motor vehicle.
“We’re going to go less far, we’re camping with a motorhome, we’re going to stay a little longer in the region,” explained another camping enthusiast.
Others have chosen to adapt their means of transport. “I have a motorhome, but I’m going to take my car, I’m going to fit it out like I did before having a motorhome with a bed and everything,” confirmed a young woman. also travel long distances.
“We are going to Walt Disney for 3 weeks, I definitely considered the price of gas. We were on break for two years, despite the increase, we have a traveling house, I am completely independent. We are able to save places,” indicated Isabelle Simard. For Tourisme Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, this is a golden opportunity to make the region known, once again to citizens.
“We are really lucky to have a diversified offer. We have a very beautiful region, the client is used to being passing through, he may take the time to stop longer,” mentioned Julie Dubord, General Manager of Tourisme Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean. .The organization hopes that tourists from elsewhere will still be there.
Reference-www.journaldequebec.com