Flight Centre Travel Group Canada says leisure bookings to American cities have fallen off a cliff, dropping 40% in February when compared to the same month in 2024. The group also says one in five customers cancelled their trips to the U.S. over the past three months. The startling drop in Canadian interest in U.S. travel comes amid repeated threats from U.S. Donald Trump about making Canada a 51st state, and as talk of painful tariffs on the important of Canadian goods to the U.S. increased. It’s not unreasonable to think that Trump’s announcement on the morning of 04MAR that 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
Canadians have a great, new way to learn about the Caribbean, one of the world’s top travel destinations. One Caribbean Canada is delighted to announce the launch of a new Caribbean tourism group in Canada, complete with a website promoting the Caribbean region. The launch of this website represents the collaboration of multiple Caribbean tourism offices wishing to promote their countries to the Canadian market and to be a Caribbean travel resource for consumers, travel advisors, journalists and meeting planners. “For consumers, this new website offers a place to start their research with information and links to multiple destinations in Read more
If you’ve noticed air fares are more reasonable these days, you’re definitely onto something. The latest StatsCan report states that consumers paid less for air transportation (21.1%) in September on a year-over-year basis. That coincides with a gradual increase in flights offered by airlines over the previous 12 months, the agency said. Robert Kokonis, president and managing director at AirTrav Inc., told me that the StatsCan figures estimate the average change of airfares within Canada and between Canadian cities and international destinations. “I am not surprised given the growth of seat capacity recovery over the past 12 months, particularly in Read more
It’s not just Canada that’s taking it on the chin when it comes to tourism. According to WCJT, a group that operates a PBS television station and National Public Radio station in Jacksonville, the Sunshine State is looking at a rather cloudy tourism picture for the second quarter of this year. “Florida’s vital tourism industry suffered an estimated 60.5% drop in visitors as the COVID-19 pandemic hit hard during the year’s second quarter, with international travel off more than 90%,” they said. During the second quarter, an estimated 12.801 million people — almost all traveling from other states — came Read more
