The smiles say it all. Canada’s not all the way back, but U.S. tourism reps at this year’s IPW conference in Los Angeles are pleased with how Canadians are returning to key states south of the border. Visit California statistics show Canada last year eclipsed pre-pandemic visitation levels, rising from 1.732 million visits in 2019 to 1.799 last year. Canadian visits to Florida last year were at 93% of pre-pandemic levels. Orlando says it attracted 1.256 million Canadians last year, a new, single-year record. For New York City, visitors from Canada were achingly close to 2019 numbers (995,000, compared to Read more
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A new Trip Advisor report names Las Vegas as the number one destination in the U.S., but Hawaii has two places in the top three and Florida has two in the top eight (and three in the top 12). Here’s the top 25 from the latest Trip Advisor U.S. Destination List from the 2022 “Best of the Best” Travelers’ Choice Awards. Las Vegas Oahu, Hawaii Maui, Hawaii Key West, Florida New York City New Orleans, Louisiana Savannah, Georgia Miami Beach, Florida Nashville, Tennessee Sedona, Arizona Kauai, Hawaii St. Augustine, Florida Gatlinburg, Tennessee Chicago, Illinois Pigeon Forge, Tennessee San Francisco, California Read more
