Chuck Rage, owner of the Pelham Resort and a Hampton Beach Village District commissioner, says businesses are looking forward to Canadians returning.
Chuck Rage, owner of the Pelham Resort and a Hampton Beach Village District commissioner, says businesses are looking forward to Canadians returning. Credit: Olivia Falcigno / Seacoast Online

Vacation towns in New Hampshire and Maine are eager for Canadian tourists to return this summer, now that travel restrictions from the COVID-19 pandemic have been loosened.

The United States reopened its land border to fully vaccinated international travelers in November, after two summers in which Canadian tourists were unable to visit beaches like those in Hampton, York and Ogunquit. Canadians have historically vacationed in New Hampshire and Maine, which offer some of the closest beaches to provinces like Quebec.

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