Canadians steer clear of US as travel from north falls for seventh month | Canada
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/12/us-canada-travel-trump
Canadians steer clear of US as travel from north falls for seventh month | Canada
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/aug/12/us-canada-travel-trump
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The world is your oyster
Seven months down, the rest of my life to go.
And it’ll get worse after all the stuff scheduled a year or more out from before the election ends.
Good. They don’t deserve us as a treaty ally. I hope Trump eats shit. 💩
I have no intention of returning to the States. That bridge has been destroyed. When the boarder can search and seize my phone just because they want to is unacceptable behaviour. And if you’ve ever had an opinion online ie;Reddit that casts a shadow on the current administration, prepare for some questioning. Such a long standing partnership, gone in 60 seconds.
Trump’s policies are making Canadians treat the border like it’s a giant “Closed for Renovations” sign. Based on the “Renovations” to date not sure anyone will be going back in the future.
Keep staying away. DO NOT go to Trump’s America unless can absolutely not avoid it.
It isn’t just symbolic, staying away has a real impact and also it helps your own personal safety.
As an American, I wouldn’t advise anyone to come here without pressing urgent need, like visiting a dying family member.
Business? Videoconferencing. Tourism? The world is full of lovely places. Science? We don’t do science here any more.
Considering you might get disappeared to South Sudan or El Salvador if they don’t like internet comments you made on your phone, don’t take the chance Canadians! This ain’t a civilized country!
Was gonna head to vegas for the first time. Won’t ever be heading to the US unless democrats take control and go after these treasonous bastards for what they’ve done.
“Statistics Canada said on Monday that the number of Canadian residents who made a return trip to the US by car dropped 36.9% in July 2025, compared with the same month in 2024.
There were declines in air travel as well, where Canadian residents returning from the US by commercial airlines dropped by 25.8% in July compared with the previous year.”
Oh darn!
I really wonder how the next year World Cup will go. On the other hand if people were willing to go to Qatar, then why not US.
were not coming back either. you stay where you are and we stay where we are.
Before this american brand of insanity I was planning a family trip for 11 people to New York. We went to Toronto instead for the theatre scene in Canada.
Elbows up, Canada!
Looking for a nice, warm destination this winter? Go to Mexico. It’s accessible, and affordable, friendly to tourists, it has beaches, the people are great, and the food is delicious. So many options in Mexico. And…added bonus…as you are flying OVER the DRF (Dystopian Regime of Fucktrumpistan) on your way to Mexico, you can all collectively give it the three-finger salute.
Why would anyone want to go to the US at this point. It’s not a safe place to be
We’ll consider coming to visit when you say “Sorry” followed with a “Thank You”
I told my wife “We aren’t going back to Disneyland until Trump, or at least his administration, apologizes for insulting and threatening our country.”
So basically, we’re never gonna go back.
Elbows Up Canada!!! My wife and I are currently enjoying a vacation in our own country. Feels good to spend our dollars here instead of in the USA.
I have no interest in ever stepping foot in the US again, for any reason. I don’t care who’s president.
Alternatively, I’ve seen more tourists in Ottawa this year than ever before. It’s like the whole world figured out something that Americans are just now figuring out for themselves…
This is what America wants; to lose hundreds of millions of dollars from tourists.
As a Canadian I’ll say it how it is: you guys are fucked and we don’t want any part of it as long as Trump is in power and you guys just let things go on. Wtf seriously, it’s like a very evident fascist takeover in plain open day. It’s time to Marie-antoinette that guy or something but if nothing happens soon, well… Expect finding our how it is in Russia or North Korea when you have a bunch of oligarch lunatics running the whole country with their interests and not yours in priority. ( As if it was not the case already but it can get much worse and much quicker than you guys expect).
Right. This is the logical result of the animus that the US now focuses on Canada and our resultant pushback.
Canada needs to continue its efforts to distance itself economically, socially, politically, culturally and diplomatically from US hegemony, regardless of the pain that such will cause to Canada. The funny thing is that such efforts are already underway and resulting in unexpected de-linking and turning away. Not saying that we are there yet (we are not and have a long way to go), nor that there will not be immense pain and disruption (there will be plenty of both), but America is turning itself inward and seems to want to cannibalize itself, so we need to be away before they go too far along the path they seem determined to tread.
At a macro level, the US is simply no longer predictable nor trustworthy. This loss of trust will hopefully sooner rather than later lead to abandoning the USD as the world’s reserve currency as well as severely truncating the US’s now incoherent influence on world markets, fiscal and economic policy, and diplomatic preeminence. Globally, the US is simply no longer a force for good in its efforts to monetize its previous hegemonic position.
I for one am never going to visit the US nor spend another penny there, ever again (and I used to do both quite regularly). And I am vociferously encouraging the same for every fellow Canadian who I now and can get my message out to.
Bonne chance, US.
Who knew that Isolationism turns off tourists?
Only everyone with a brain.
I’d like to take another moment to say FUCK YOU to the ~90 million Americans who didn’t bother to vote, and the too-large percentage of Democrats who refuse to vote for a woman.
Damn promised the grandkids a trip to Disneyland next year. Guess we may go to Disney in Japan now.
Has Trump ever even said thank you for Canadians visiting? At least he is wearing a suit.
Not a problem at all as it’s the aim of the MAGA and trump’s administration.
lol and Americas “news” still reporting it as “those bitchy Canadians are just upset at how great our tariffs are” rather than “orange fascist threatens to annex Canada on multiple occasions and is randomly deporting people to concentration camps”
Eh. Americans can go prop up their own tourism economy for once.
Traveling to the US is about as appealing as visiting North Korea at this point. There’s just no draw to go there now.
I travel for business and spend a few nights every week in the US along traditional tourism corridors connecting Ontario to the US.
The Canadian boycott is definitely being felt in the tourism sector, it’s hard to miss the lack of Canadian plates in hotels.
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