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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

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A new poll suggests Canadian travel to the U.S. could drop as much as 21% with Donald Trump as president. Narrative Research asked Canadians what impact Trump’s election (he gets sworn into office for a second term on Monday) will have on personal travel to the United States within the next year. Nearly three in 10 Canadians surveyed (29%) said they expect to travel less, while eight per cent said they expect to travel more to the States. Just under one half (45%) said they expect to travel to the U.S. the same amount, Narrative officials said the expected net Read more

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Have Canadians thrown off our love affair with the U.S. in favour of exotic Asia? A new report from hotels.com suggests that could be the case. The study of bookings made by Canadians on their site in 2016 found that Los Angeles dropped from the 8th most popular international destination in 2015 all the way down to 20th, while Washington D.C. dropped from number 19 in 2015 to 35th last year. Some U.S. cities still did extremely well. New York was number one and Las Vegas was number two overall for bookings by Canadians, while Orlando was fifth. (The other Read more

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