In 2024, more than 20 million Canadians visited the US, according to the U.S. Travel Association — more than any other nationality.
But final figures posted on Friday by the US National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO), show a 21% drop in Canadian arrivals last year compared with 2024 — representing about 4.2 million fewer Canadian visitors.
The vacations Canadians are no longer taking in the US
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/03/16/travel/canadians-skipping-us-trips-tourism
22 Comments
RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.world · 72 pts · 175d
tgat it's only 20% less is kinda pathetic
West_of_West@piefed.social · 28 pts · 175d
Some people just don't care. The gas prices will probably decrease travel more than Canadian's principles.
corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 175d
I bet it's not surprising that the hubs for the world's two worst airlines are in conservative Canadian provinces.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 174d
Aeroflot and Spirit ply out of Canada!?
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 174d
For me it's not even about principles, it's about safety. How are these people so stupid as to go there with ICE detaining random tourists for the hell of it
Bullerfar@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 175d
Agree, I am not planting my feet at that shit whole when they fucking threaten us with war, and I cannot fathom why anyone would..
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 175d
Apathy, poor media literacy, or just straight up ok with fascism.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 175d
My boss went for a work-related conference.
I told him it will be "no" if he asks me to go to the US.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 175d
Same, I would not go to the us at all
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 174d
a significant number of Canadians would vote for Donald Trump if they could. We almost voted in Poilievre, but across Canada we have Moe, Smith, Ford, all MAGA politicians who refer to themselves as Republicans, which is all the PC party of Canada is.
northernlights@lemmy.today · 8 pts · 175d
Well that's the total for 2025. 2026 will certainly look different.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 174d
about the same, Canada has a lot of FFFFs traveling to US and that won't change.
GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 175d
I wonder if part of it is people who had plans made already didn't change them. Next year will give us a better idea. I do know some people who traveled to the US to visit friends, and I get it, but even they are saying they're done and their friends can come here instead.
Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 174d
There's a lot of stuff I want to do in the U.S. There's a lot of people who are kind and welcoming, and I'd love to meet them and have cool experiences. There's a lot of small/midtier bands I'd love to see live, who never ever cross the border. I'd love to go to Burning Man proper and see what that's like. I want to get wasted on Bourbon Street. I want to hang out in Palm Springs, and reap the benefits of being one of the few straight single guys doing so. I want to go to a tiki bar in a country where they take that shit real seriously.
I'm still. not. fucking. going. Even a layover is undesirable.
Eat_Your_Paisley@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 175d
So it’s not elbows up anymore?
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 175d
Im keeping mine up
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 7 pts · 175d
For life.
T00l_shed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 175d
Well, likely for my life, unless they have a MAJOR overhaul
FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 174d
It's not enough. There should be nobody going to the Untied States
Quilotoa@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 175d
Not to mention health insurance to travel to the U.S. is horrific.
SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 174d
not really, two weeks ovcer 65 is $100-120.
But travel health insurance has a lot of fine print. If you really need healthcare in the US, insurance may only slightly help.
Danquebec@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 175d
20 million seems huge. I didn't know so many so many even had a passport.