This is a fun item. A website called Radical Storage took a look at nearly 100,000 Google reviews from the top 10 most-reviewed tourist attractions in 100 cities around the world and looked for words like “overrated” or “disappointing.” They then came up with a list of the ten most underwhelming/disappointing/overrated destinations around the world. They also published a list of the ten most surprising/underrated destinations. Here’s a look. OVERRATED/DISAPPOINTING Cancun, Mexico Antalya, Turkiye Punta Cana, Dominican Republic Beijing, China Orlando, Florida Mumbai, India Honolulu, Hawaii Johor Bahru, Indonesia Kyot0, Japan Playa del Carmen, Mexico UNDERRATED/SURPRISING Guangzhou, China Lima, Peru Read more
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We might be seeing some of the first data that shows Canadians are, indeed, avoiding travel to the United States. Global News reports that numbers provided by a company called Cascade Gateway, which also provides border wait times, shows that in February this year so far, there have been on average 3,500 cars heading to the U.S. through the Peace Arch border crossing between British Columbia and Washington State. That compares to nearly 5,000 a day last February, and represent a significant 30% drop. Weather could be an issue, but officials in Washington State say the threatened, on again/off again tariff Read more
Travel experts say Canadians’ resolve to avoid travel to the U.S. will only deepen given U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff talk. Trump today (Feb. 24) said he will go ahead next week with a 25% tariff on most imports from Canada. “The tariffs are going forward on time, on schedule,” he told reporters at the White House. “This is an abuse that took place for many, many years.” Survey after survey has shown that one-half of Canadians or more say they’ll reduce or avoid travel to the U.S. given what they believed to be an unwarranted financial attack from Read more
Oh, Canada. A newly conducted study reveals Canada as the world’s most desired destination for relocation. And it’s not even close. Canada secured the top spot globally with 68.72 searches per 100 million capita, more than double that of second-place Australia (31.05). Talk about a landslide win. Canada outperforms other English-speaking countries like New Zealand and Ireland. The U.S. did not make the top ten. My Baggage conducted a study analyzing global search volume data to determine which countries people worldwide are most interested in relocating to. The study provides insights into current global migration trends and preferences, with Canada emerging Read more
Toronto-based Porter Airlines says it isn’t following Air Canada’s lead by pulling back on some of its U.S. routes. At least not yet. Air Canada on Friday (Feb. 14) said it will reduce capacity to Florida, Las Vegas and Arizona as the U.S.-Canada tariff dispute simmers and the Canadian dollar continues to struggle. WestJet said it’s U.S. business is down 25% and hinted schedule changes might be needed. Porter Airlines has been expanding rapidly in the U.S. in the past year, with new flights to California, Florida and other destinations. But a Porter official told me today (Sunday, Read more
