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Canadian travel to US plummets following Trump’s tariff threats<\/p>\n
After U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s tariff threats, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau urged people to travel domestically.<\/p>\n
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Terry and Chris Wells consider themselves seasoned travelers, typically going on a few overseas trips annually. But this is the first year their summer trip won’t be to an international destination.<\/p>\n
The Georgia-based couple had planned a trip to Seoul this August \u2013 even having their hotel booked \u2013 when “everything that’s been in the press” about U.S. politics and rising conflicts with other countries prompted them to reconsider, said Terry Wells, 54. They put the South Korean capital back on their bucket list and decided to visit her brother in Hawaii instead.<\/p>\n
Though Wells doesn’t believe she and her husband, 56, would be unsafe in Seoul, “there’s just too much going on” with the political climate that makes her uncomfortable. “I’m not sure. I’m just anxious and I’m rarely anxious,” she said.<\/p>\n
The Wells aren\u2019t the only travelers who hesitate to identify themselves as Americans when abroad. A growing number of U.S. travelers worry they’ll face hostility when overseas \u2013 that their American label will make them unwelcome by others inflamed by President Donald Trump<\/a>‘s comments or policies.<\/p>\n Some are anxious, while others are embarrassed about being associated with the volatile political landscape in the United States.<\/p>\n A survey in April<\/a> by Global Rescue found that 72% of the 11,000 respondents \u2013 the majority of whom are based in Canada and the United States \u2013 believe Americans will be “perceived more negatively abroad in 2025 due to recent U.S. international policy proposals.” The concern follows recent U.S. foreign policy moves and an outspoken president who has stirred tensions with other countries, from trade wars to stricter immigration policies to high-profile deportations \u2013 along with rhetoric about annexing Greenland<\/a> and Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n As some foreigners have turned to boycotting the United States<\/a>, American travelers are wondering how far the stigma will go when they travel internationally.<\/p>\n “We would proudly wear that Fourth of July T-shirt with the American flag overseas, and we had no issues,” Wells said. “Definitely not (now) \u2212 that\u2019s like wearing a target on our backs.”<\/p>\n Treading lightly as an American<\/p>\n Although domestic travel and nearby getaways like the Caribbean are set to boom this summer, not every American is giving up their major international trip, according to Expedia’s Summer Travel Outlook<\/a>. Searches for long-haul destinations like Italy, Spain and Japan are up, and the perennial tropical locales of Canc\u00fan, Mexico, and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, remain strong among Americans, the travel platform found.<\/p>\n When Americans are abroad, however, they’re cautious about how they’re seen once in new borders \u2013 if they even mention where they’re from. Alicia Walter, 29, and Nate Stark, 41, have been traveling around the world for the past five years. Just recently, they’ve noticed a new kind of reaction from people upon learning they’re American. Since the November election, conversations with locals have often turned to Trump \u2013 a subject the couple said tends to spark strong opinions.<\/p>\n