The smoke has cleared after the worst forest fire season in B.C. history but tourism operators fear the reputational damage to their industry will linger far into the future. Many tourism businesses have suffered losses from the back-to-back fire seasons but the damage to B.C. We basically had six weeks of no sunshine, just cloaked in with smoke," Doran said, adding the industry reported many cancellations or abbreviated trips. this year and statistics will likely show a substantial impact on tourism when they are released, said Walt Judas, CEO of the Tourism Industry Association of B.C.

Source: CBC News September 30, 2018 20:03 UTC