An accommodation travel ban imposed by the provincial government to interior regions impacted by wildfires has been partially lifted.
During a brief news conference Tuesday afternoon, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness Minister Bowinn Ma announced the ban will be lifted effective at midnight tonight for all communities except West Kelowna.
Ma did ask that tourists remain mindful that there are still communities being affected by wildfires burning across the region. Let tourists back in, say industry groups Tourism and hotel groups in the Interior had previously asked the B.C. government to let the tourists back into the region as soon as possible.
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