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Bernardo de La Paz

(54,819 posts)
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:08 PM Apr 10

Statistics Canada data shows drop in Canadians making return trips from U.S.

Source: Canadian Press via MSN

OTTAWA — New travel numbers suggest Canadians made fewer return trips from the United States last month compared to the same time last year, with a sharp decline in trips by car.

Statistics Canada says the number of Canadians returning from the U.S. by car was down almost 32 per cent compared to March 2024, the third consecutive month of year-over-year declines.
[...]

The agency says Canadian return trips by air from the U.S. were down 13.5 per cent last month compared to March 2024.

Return trips from countries other than the U.S., meanwhile, were up about nine per cent over the same period.


Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/travel/general/statistics-canada-data-shows-drop-in-canadians-making-return-trips-from-u-s/ar-AA1CG8eq

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Tadpole Raisin

(1,756 posts)
1. I saw an article about a guy in southern Maine who has run a bed and breakfast
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:16 PM
Apr 10

for decades with ~80% of his yearly returning customers being Canadian and almost all of them had called to cancel their reservations. They really love the place and this guy and would apologize but said they just couldn’t do it because of the Felon in Chief.

This will play out across the United States for the next 4 years with a lot of foreign travelers and the potential ripple affect scares the hell out of me.

This has not been discussed much in the media.

tinymontgomery

(2,816 posts)
3. Maybe it's just me, but I read that as 'Canadians are not returning home from the states
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 01:41 PM
Apr 10

"Canadians made fewer return trips from the United States. " Shouldn't that be fewer Canadians returning to visit the states?

Bernardo de La Paz

(54,819 posts)
4. Canada counts people coming in, not going out. They ask if they are returning from a vacation. . . nt
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:04 PM
Apr 10

tinymontgomery

(2,816 posts)
5. Okay, thanks. Interesting way of saying they aren't visiting the states anymore.
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:30 PM
Apr 10

I wonder what the #'s are over all of out of country visitors? Lots of business getting what they voted for.

tinymontgomery

(2,816 posts)
7. Yea, I read the piece, just the head line seemed confusing till you told me
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 02:45 PM
Apr 10

They count coming back not leaving. As they say, our loss is other counties gain.

Andy Canuck

(307 posts)
10. In Las Vegas
Thu Apr 10, 2025, 04:12 PM
Apr 10

the city is down 10% across the board: hotel bookings, gambling, shows, etc. That's Canadian travellers not going to Vegas. That's Las Vegas's profit, gone.

edited for grammar.

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