Canada, India travel up 116% from last year as visa shutdown spurs fears

Travel from India to Canada

this summer, according to new federal data released on Friday.

That surge comes as countries around the world continue to ease COVID-19-related travel restrictions and is raising new questions about the number of people who could see their travel plans at risk after India announced this week it has shut down visa centres in Canada amid a diplomatic row.

Last year, there were a total of 28,000 trips in the month of…