Politics

967 readers

22 users here now

For civil discussion of US politics. Be excellent to each other.

Rule 1-3, 6 & 7 No longer applicable

Rule 4: Keep it civil. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a jerk. It’s not acceptable to say another user is a jerk. Cussing is fine.

Rule 5: Be excellent to each other. Posts or comments that are homophobic, transphobic, racist, sexist, ableist, will be removed.

The Epstein Files: Trump, Trafficking, and the Unraveling Cover-Up

Info Video about techniques used in cults (and politics)

Bookmark Vault of Trump's First Term

USAfacts.org

The Alt-Right Playbook

Media owners, CEOs and/or board members

Video: Macklemore's new song critical of Trump and Musk is facing heavy censorship across major platforms.

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

pelespirit@sh.itjust.works

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

submitted 3 weeks ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

3 comments fedilink hide all child comments

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.

In the past, Canadians have made up about a quarter of all international visitors to the US, spending over $20bn (£15.1bn) a year, according to the US Travel Association.

top 3 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago

Those are rookie numbers! You gotta get those numbers up!

[–] reallykindasorta@slrpnk.net 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder what % of the remaining visitors were for business vs pleasure.

Article says baby boomer visits for vacation are significantly down and their visits overall are down more than other age groups. Wonder if the remaining visits are mainly business ones.

[–] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago

Just my personal experience, but I've seen a huge drop in Vancouver BC license plates over the summer. I know they used to do a lot of shopping and gambling at the outlet malls and Tulalip. Not sure if that's still a thing. I would guess they still visit, because it's a lot cheaper at the outlet malls than Vancouver.