Canada

Trouble with measuring crossings is it picks up an aggregate of things; Canadians crossing for leisure, for business, Americans crossing for leisure and work, medical tourism (Americans coming for insulin, my uncle driving to Mexico for dental care, etc.), foreigners on a road trip, people driving between Canada and Mexico, etc. Most of these are round trips too; you're going to be measured coming in and then out (so you're part of both statistics).

This sets aside people who already had non-refundable bookings from a year ago; Disney essentially let us cancel our Florida trip once they confirmed our French reservation at Disney there; sure, it's still money going to Disney, but at least a lot of that money is being divested into the French market instead.

My friends who weren't able to cancel made a point of limiting their spending while they were there still. And then there were a couple who just didn't care as well.

Ultimately, the metrics (and their sustained impacts) will be an aggregate of many things, and eventually Canadian fatigue as well.

You have to remember also that the number of Canadians who went down there was far higher than the number of any other amount of people, maybe minus Mexicans not sure. So even if it was 1% or whatever it was from the EU that is still a lot more hurt from Canada than it is from the EU. The number of people in that one percent coming from the EU is a lot smaller than the one percent coming from Canada the 78% or whatever it is of Canadians still going down there are either people on business trips, dumb dumbs who think this trade war will be over any time soon, or dumb dumbs who do not value Canada.

My stepfather works for a company based in the US. They recently had to cancel a conference since it was in Ohio, and nearly all the staff here refused to attend.

This is going to affect more than just tourism.

I stopped going to the USA when I saw their response to 9-11. The world gave them a lot of slack in the aftermath, and rather than using it for an opportunity to heal and grow, they weaponized it and ran wild.

Keep it up, Canada! If you guys can crash the economy in Florida, and kill the GOP's stranglehold there, that would be fantastic!

I am only one data point. But I left a well-paying job working for a US startup primarily due to the current climate at the border. I will definitely take a pay cut once I find something Canadian or European, but I think the peace of mind knowing I will never be put in the position of risking my job for refusing to enter the US will balance it out. I hope...

Sure it does. I'm living close to the border like millions of Canadians. I went there one or twice a month for 25+ years, little bit of grocery/shopping for stuff we do not have in Canada, went there 300+ times by car. It stopped end of 2024, have not been there this year and doubt I will go. Acquaintances/neighbours are the same, stopped going there.

Honestly, I'm surprised and disappointed that summer bookings from Europe are only down 2%. We've just had national headlines regarding the abysmal treatment of a couple of our nationals who came to visit Hawaii.

The news stories of people getting detained on arrival are becoming more frequent, so you can bet this is going to get a lot worse.

Lets revisit this in 6 months.

Glad they look at just non-canadian numbers here. I will, once again, point out the stupidly large amount of money Canadians spend on tourism in the states -

>The U.S. Travel Association (USTA) said in February that a 10 percent reduction in tourism from Canada could put 140,000 jobs at risk and result in $2.1 billion in lost spending. Forbes said that, using that calculation, a decline of 30 percent in Canadian visitors would cost the U.S. economy $6 billion in losses.

Nice one Canadians 💪

Tickets from Europe/asia are expensive and are usually booked months in advance. Might need to wait a bit to see the full effect, if any.