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Canadian boycott of US travel shows no sign of slowing (www.bbc.com)

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October marked the 10th straight month of decline in the number of Canadian travellers to the US. Air travel from Canada to the US dropped nearly 24%, while car travel fell more than 30% when compared to the same period last year, according to data released this week by Canada's statistics office.

Overall, the US has seen a 3.2% drop in international spending in the country, driven primarily by fewer visitors from Canada, according to the US Travel Association, a nonprofit group representing the American travel industry.

As relations between the two countries remain icy, mostly in response to new tariffs Trump has imposed, Canadians are apparently committed to giving their southern neighbours the cold shoulder.

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[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 25 points 1 month ago

It's shameful that there are still Canadians traveling to the Untied States at all

[-] ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

i mean, if your career calls for the travel then there really isn’t much of an argument to to be made. My boss pressures me to go to our Ferndale shop but I am pretty stern on that offer as it isn’t apart of my job description.

[-] brax@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 month ago

I have some friends with family down there who reluctantly go to visit because it's cheaper and easier for them to go down then for their family to come up.