Efforts to deter Canadians from international travel that include new testing and quarantine rules, appear to be making inroads.

While most Canadians have been heeding the government’s plea not to travel outside the country, travel started to creep upwards over the Christmas holidays and early in the new year.

After Ottawa imposed the new restrictions, arrivals began to drop, and by early February had fallen 44 per cent compared with early January.

(C.P)