Wildfires, climate change creating challenges for Canadian tourism industry
As Rendez-vous Canada is taking place at the Edmonton Convention Centre, one of the biggest challenges Canada's tourism industry is facing is playing out in technicolour just a few hundred kilometres away: wildfires.
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![A wildfire threatening the community has now consumed nearly 21,000 hectares as shifting winds and rising temperatures continue to accelerate its growth and push the flames closer to the municipality. wildfire](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7204627.1715743031!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/fort-mcmurray-wildfire-may-14.jpg)
As Rendez-vous Canada is taking place at the Edmonton Convention Centre, one of the biggest challenges Canada's tourism industry is facing is playing out in technicolour just a few hundred kilometres away: wildfires.