Forty-three per cent of Canadians say they’re less likely to travel to the US
Many are going to Costa Rica, Greece and Portugal instead
A Nanos Research survey conducted for CTV News found that 43 per cent of Canadians are less likely to travel to the United States than they were last year.
“Canadians are boycotting American goods and services. They’re trying to send a message to the United States, in terms of their anxiety and displeasure, in terms of the state of the trade relationship,” said Nik Nanos, the firm’s founder and chief data scientist. “I think the reality is, there are a lot of options for Canadians when it comes to where they have a vacation.”
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A Canadian Press story reported that, according to travel agents, some people are also avoiding Cuba and Mexico at the moment.
Cuba is experiencing a humanitarian crisis due to a US-led blockade causing shortages of essential supplies such as food, medicine and fuel. In Mexico, tourists recently found themselves stranded as airlines closed travel into and out of Puerto Vallarta due to cartel violence.
Costa Rica has become a top destination this winter, according to CP’s story, along with Greece and Portugal.
“The US is not on the radar in terms of a travel destination,” Nanos said.
Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
