The tourists cancelling their holidays to Trump's America

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: The Independent

Friday 21 February 2025 22:38 GMT


A long-standing tradition of crossing the border to enjoy baseball has come to an end for one couple. Peter Mulholland and his wife will not be making their annual trip from Vancouver to Seattle to watch the Toronto Blue Jays play the Mariners this year.

Citing growing frustrations with U.S. President Donald Trump’s policies and rhetoric, Mulholland pointed to several key issues influencing his decision. Trump’s threats of imposing tariffs on Canadian goods, discussions of annexing Canada as the 51st state, and the president’s characterization of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a “dictator” were cited as contributing factors.

The culmination of these events ultimately led Mulholland to forego the annual baseball pilgrimage. “We were starting to get leery,” said the 69-year-old, semi-retired Vancouver resident. “The tariffs he’s trying to do is going to hurt both countries, that’ll become evident eventually, but it’s going to hurt us more.” Mulholland is one of a growing number of Canadian (sic) who are choosing not to vacation in the U.S. this year.

McKenzie McMillan, a travel consultant with the Vancouver-based Travel Group, said some of his clients have cancelled trips that were already booked. February is usually a busy month for the retail travel agency which specializes in both corporate and premium leisure travel as Canadians make plans for spring break vacations. “We’ve seen a complete drop off in any new requests or new interest in U.S. travel,” said McMillan. “I’ve had no requests for travel to the United States for about two weeks.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/donald-trump-canada-tourists-holidays-b2702638.html

[Lovie777]

1. Canada and Mexico need to secure their....

borders with the USA because the firings of the military chiefs alongside the lawyers smell stinky for us.

There are 3 branches and shithole musk can be stopped.

What say you republicans.

[Initech]

35. The events of the last four weeks have been scaring me to no end.

No circle of hell is big enough to hold this fucking wretched administration and their enablers. And Musk is pure evil, like Satan in human form evil.

[markodochartaigh]

2. Anecdotally,

I have heard complaints from local restaurant workers that the flocks of snowbirds have thinned out this year here in Southwest Florida. And with the recent anti-immigration activity traffic sure seems light for this time of year. I just feel terrible for our hard working Haitian community after Trump revoked their status.

[spinbaby]

3. Canadian tourism is huge in Florida

That’s going to hurt.

[Hekate]

5. Canadians travel to Hawai'i as well. My ex-husband, who worked in the hotel & restaurant industry...

…said there was always an influx of Canadians in February, the coldest month. I do not blame them at all for steering clear of the US just now.

As for myself, my 60th Kailua High School reunion will be in September in the old home town on O’ahu. But a couple of things decided us to not go: airline safety, and potential for catching something awful that the CDC won’t be capable of telling us about. Either way, it’s just too bad.

[Upthevibe]

23. Hekate..........

My 50 year high school reunion is this year in TX. I won't be going.

[enid602]

26. Tourism

Don’t forget AZ. Lots of winter tourism from both México and Canadá.

[rambler_american]

10. Old Orchard Beach in Maine

becomes little Quebec in summer. More French spoken there than English. This year is looking like the Anglophiles will have the town to themselves.

[Aristus]

17. I'm curious as to what percentage of Floridian business owners voted for Trump.

Talk about cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face.

[happy feet]

37. My heart breaks for the Haitians, too

So wrong and evil.

[Old Crank]

4. good.

It looks like we will be heading back to the US this fall. For a wedding. Otherwise we would have no reason to help the economy.

[TommyT139]

24. Get travel insurance

Who knows what he's got planned

[GoneOffShore]

34. We moved to France in 2018 - haven't been back to the US since. No desire to go despite missing friends.

[Paladin]

6. Glad to see this happening. (nt)

[Rebl2]

16. I agree

[Lonestarblue]

7. I hope European tourists steer clear of the US also.

Air travel into and out of the US will get less safe with FAA cuts and with people in charge who favor profits for private businesses over consumer safety. By summer, with the federal government in total disarray we may be in a state of anarchy and not safe anywhere.

[JawJaw]

15. There will be exceptions, of course...

Like the traitorous weasel Nigel Farage on his monthly US maga/nazi vacation crying about how he could get thrown into prison for saying the wrong thing in the UK - when in reality he's on UK tv practically non-stop.

[Katinfl]

8. Many Canadians flock to Myrtle Beach SC also.

If I was Canadian, I would not even think about spending $ in the US.

[riversedge]

9. Good to see this.

[raccoon]

12. Dayum, wish I could.

[travelingthrulife]

13. Good. Thank you Canada.

(Please adopt us!)

[mgardener]

14. We are already feeling the impact.

Lack of Canadian visitors will affect my county and area greatly.
We have Canadian businesses that employ US citizens.

25% tarriffs on Canadian goods would really impact my area.
https://suncommunitynews.com/news/115391/north-country-chamber-us-tariffs-on-canada-are-binationally-harmful/

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/51196/20250205/clinton-county-officials-say-uncertainty-remains-amid-tariff-pause

And useless Elise Stefanik says nothing.

She is too afraid to upset Trump.

[Raftergirl]

18. Maybe this district will vote Blue when the election to replace Elise is held.

[FakeNoose]

21. Back in the 70's and early 80's I lived in upstate NY

Loved it there! Often in the summer we'd go to Lake George because it was lovely, not too crowded, and rather affordable. It seems that vacationers from Quebec also thought so, because they were frequently seen around the Lake George Village area at the southern end of the lake. Several of the hotels and local shops posted signs saying the "French is spoke here" for the tourists.

Well I was back in Lake George just 3 summers ago, and I didn't see any of that. I'm guessing the Quebequis (sp?) may have moved on. But it also may have been due to the Covid fears of the time.

[Raftergirl]

31. I live in Cap District and I'd bet Covid was the reason. The sleep away camp my kid went to in the Adirondacks

had/has lots of kid’s from Toronto and Montreal. I’m curious if they will send their kid’s this summer, but many of them have been going to this camp for generations and there are precious few openings every year. They may not want to lose their spot. Family/kids have to go through interview if they are new to this camp and they only accept a few new campers every year.

It’s one of those camps where you go all summer and kid’s go for 8 years. My kid started going went when he was 6.

[FakeNoose]

32. After college I got married and lived in Schenectady for about 15 years

My son grew up there. He still lives in New York, but nowadays he's down in Manhattan.

During the time I was there, Schenectady, Albany, and Troy were all voting D. I don't think I knew anyone who voted R. One time I got to meet and shake the hand of Governor Mario Cuomo!

[Raftergirl]

36. Albany County is solid D. The other side of the river is pretty R. I think Schenectady County is fairly D. My D

Congressperson district is either partly or all in Schenectady County.District goes into Amsterdam and Saratoga County.

Both Schenectady/Saratoga/Albany counties went for Harris by a healthy margin. Rensselaer County (Troy) went for the asshole 49% to 48% for Harris.

My town in Albany County went 80% to Harris, 15% to the asshole. We haven’t had a Republican elected to any office in my town in about 25 years.

Schenectady has seen a lot of improvement, especially it’s downtown. We have a subscription series at Proctors so are there at least once a month during the theatre season. Lots of really good restaurants now, too.

My H started his career at DOB under Mario and retired under Andrew. During Andrew’s administration he was with Homeland Security and DOB in very high positions and had almost daily interaction with Andrew, who was very difficult to work for, to say the least.

Mario hardly any direct work related contact, as he was just starting his career then, but he was just as difficult as Andrew.

[kimbutgar]

19. I was planning a trip to London in the fall but I'm afraid the anti American sentiment will be greater

I was over in Europe during his first reich of terror and was asked constantly how we could vote for such an idiot? We apologized for and was embarrassed, now I am even more so. And nervous about leaving the country and not able to come back in when they social media profile you as a pro and anti supporter of the orange monster.

Between posting here, on Facebook, and threads I’m sure I’m on a list.

[Wonder Why]

20. Worse, ICE may catch them doing something wrong and they'll end up in Guantanamo.

[pandr32]

22. I expect that will happen here, too.

Many Canadians travel to Hawaii, at least did travel to Hawaii.
I have already heard from friends there that they are making plans to holiday in Mexico. It's cheaper there, too. Prices are going through the roof here.

[C0RI0LANUS]

39. Hi pandr32. Canadians have been enjoying inexpensive Cuba for decades.

Because of Trumpf, now less Canadian tourists will spend their money in the US.


https://vacations.aircanada.com/en/all-destinations/caribbean/cuba

https://gocuba.ca/?lang=en

[BBbats]

25. I've heard that Canadian Summer Vacations at the Jersey Shore are way down.

I casually know a guy who has some properties in Wildwood NJ that he rents /leases to Canadians.
The properties have been in his family for years.
He says reservations are.down about 80-90% & the ones that have deposits are tenative. Wildwood NJ was popular with Canadians.
He's a Trump supporter.
I can't feel sorry for him. I know most of his income is generated during the summer.
I'm not gonna rub it in.

[BumRushDaShow]

28. And Wildwood is a GOP haven

so they are gonna have to rely on us Fluffians this time (at least those who aren't pissed off enough)...

[mdbl]

27. I don't blame them.

I wouldn't come here either.

[Mz Pip]

29. Elump wants isolationist policies

Other countries seem to be happy to comply by avoiding coming here.

[flashman13]

30. If there are no seasonal employee hires, the National Parks will be more or less closed.

America's parks are world renowned and attract millions of visitors from all over the world. With the parks closed and tRump's nonstop BS tourists simply will not come to the U.S. In many places the short summer tourist season is when many people earn the majority of their income.

The real irony is that a significant number of the parks are in rural red states. Repug pols will have to explain why the tourist season has crashed and their constituents incomes have cratered. That is going to be a tough sell. Too bad - So sad.

FAFO!

[Wonder Why]

33. Well, we don't want any of those damn Yankees down here anyway. Oops! They're not Yankees.

Please come visit us before we're all in camps. Brink Canadian maple syrup while you're at it.

[Scrivener7]

38. I'd do the same in their shoes.

[YoshidaYui]

40. TOURISM OVER ALL, NOT just Canada and Mexico, ASIA! NO ONE WILL WANT TO COME HERE.....

Trump is turning us into a shit hole country,....and its only been 2 to 3 weeks!

[ClaudetteCC]

41. I'm surprised headlines are so ready to capitulate ownership of America to one person

I get that headlines are meant to be brief and to the point but there might be a better way to word it.

[liberal N proud]

42. We live in an area that is very popular with Canadians

The occupancy rate has plummeted