Alberta camping reservations skyrocketed 5000% during pandemic

Albertans looking for a way to be active and outdoors while adhering to public health measures have overwhelmingly turned to one activity during the pandemic — camping. Numbers from the province show a massive jump in provincial park campsite reservations in recent months, going from 5,209 in September 2019 to 286,657 in September 2020.   That's an increase of more than 5,400 per cent. It was much the same the month before, with 21,881 reservations made in August 2019, compared to 274