U.S. tourism is hurting amid Canadian anger at Trump
Canadian anger with President Trump’s tariff and immigration policies appears to be causing a sharp decline in tourism from Canada, which is hurting businesses in the United States.
Roughly 4 million fewer Canadians are expected to visit the U.S. this year compared with 2024, according to an estimate by the travel analytics firm Tourism Economics, the Washington Post reported. That could result in a revenue loss of $4.3 billion, but the decline in visitors is already having an impact.
“It’s terrible,” Richard Clavet, the owner of Richard’s Motel in Hollywood, Fla., which caters to Canadian visitors. “People are canceling reservations left and right. They’re not booking. We should be super, super busy right now and we’re just basically seeking American business,” Clavet told the Miami Herald.
In addition to Trump’s 25% tariffs on some Canadian products, Trump signed an executive order on the first day of his second term that requires Canadian citizens to register with his government when traveling to the U.S. for longer than 30 days. That, plus Trump’s repeated assertion that he hopes to make Canada the 51st U.S. state, has not sat well.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-tourism-is-hurting-amid-canadian-anger-at-trump-211345291.html
I've lived in Washington state for most of my life. I remember a time it was rather easy for one to travel between the US and Canada provided they could prove they were a citizen of either country.
That started to change when Ahmed Ressam tried to smuggle nitrate fertilizer into the US to make a bomb.
After 9/11 Bush II clamped down even harder on travel.
Now we have that waking Tourette's syndrome for a president and shit's worse than it ever was. I fucking hate Republicans.
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