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Summary
Canadians are boycotting U.S. travel in response to Trump’s tariffs and policies. A recent survey found 59% are less likely to visit the U.S. this year, with 36% canceling trips.
Airlines report declining demand, and tourism-dependent regions like Florida and New York’s Thousand Islands are adjusting marketing strategies.
Some Canadians refuse to even transit through the U.S. Businesses in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Bermuda are benefiting from the shift.
Critics argue Trump’s policies are harming American tourism and local economies.
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The tariffs are one thing, the 51st state threats are another, I would say more major thing.
And then you have the horror stories of the German tourist and that woman from BC applying for a visa renewal at the border. Neither have been convicted of committing a criminal or civil offence yet (the first one just flimsily accused), and instead of being just turned away or even given the option to buy an expensive return ticket on the spot, Customs and Border Patrol see it fit to just stuff them into prison-like accommodations with no firm timelines as to when they get out. Seems cruel and unusual to me, so I can understand why not many Canadians would like to take a chance with that, even if they don’t actually do any work, that an officer could get caught up over anything.
Add onto that the new 30 day registry rules means clearly the US doesn’t want us around for that long.
Oh geez, those registry rules. We used to make jokes about the Soviet Union: “papers please!” US Xenophobia will end up removing all their freedoms. It’ll be about “catching illegal aliens” but the effect will be total internal travel restrictions and tracking for US citizens. I really hope they wake up before it’s too late.
Flying has required a Real ID-based identification for a little while now. Terry stops have enabled cops to stop and identify as long as a cop has “reasonable suspicion”.
There’s nothing to wake up before anymore. It’s been like this for a while… Long before Orange Man took office with terry stops starting in the 60’s, and real id being signed by congress in 2005 (though rollout has been slow).
The “registry rules” is just another thing that people skipping out on their visa’s will also violate… So I’m not sure what the point of that would be necessarily. But I don’t see why anyone would be up and arms about an attempt to track those who are overstaying the country they’re in. It seems reasonable to require a check-in for extended visas. The “best” thing it could do is identify those who intend to skip out a few months earlier which I guess could have some value… at the annoyance of creating check-ins for others.
I really hope they wake up before it’s too late.
Narrator: They didn’t.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0aI8fOsX3T4 Wish it was real and not just a video.
In fact, Republicans are making a concerted effort not to wake.
It’s all fucked up.
And I’m avoiding visiting Canada because I know I won’t want to come back.
Any Canadians feel like adopting a middle-aged American manchild?
Serious answer to an unserious question: adopting an adult is legally possible in about half the jurisdictions in Canada, and then most of those jurisdictions require the adoptee to be a citizen or permanent resident. https://adoptingback.com/adopting-back/canada-adult-adoption-law/
Hey, no cutting in line. I was here first.
So anyway, I prefer a family within an hour or two of a ski area. It’s not a deal breaker, though. References available upon request.
Yeah, my parents mentioned maybe visiting the UK next year and asked if I’d want to go, and it’s like…I don’t think I could bear having to come back here.
If I took a drink every time I read a lemmy post about some country hating on the current US, thought to myself “Can’t blame em”, and kept scrolling, I’d be wasted before I got out of bed.
I think you’d need a swim suit and scuba gear
I spend too much time online and this has probably created a bias, it looks like most people around me don’t really care. Yesterday I even stumbled upon some comments on Lemmy who thought BuyFromEU was about European nationalism and not about the shit that is going on in USA… Sigh. Anyway, the truth is probably somewhere in the middle, not good to hate too much, but it seems healthy to trust USA a bit less now. /rant
Most people around you probably don’t really know. I get the distinct impression that, even among otherwise politically-active people who should know better, there’s a fuck-ton of normalcy bias going on among the American public right now.
I question if it’s even safe for outsiders to go to the Untied States
Highly depends on where. Many states aren’t safe for Americans to set foot in, much less foreigners.
It’s not even safe for Americans to go to the United States at this point.
I live close to the border, I went to the USA for shopping and vacations 200+ times in 25 years. I went once or twice per month. I have not ben there since October 2024 and doubt I will return.
When doing grocery, like everyone here, I avoid all and every USA things.
Americans fuck around, Americans find out.
This world doesn’t need us. We’ve enjoyed decades of undeserved praise and good will from the world, and it’s inflated our ego enough that we think we’re invincible.
Just to add another reason: Some famiky members were changing their flights to avoid USA after the FAA cuts and plane crashes. Loosening regulation and cutting staff just makes it more dangerous, so they chose to use airlines under stronger regulations.
I wouldn’t either. When I travel abroad, I always make sure my layovers aren’t on 3rd world soil.
This is it. If you’re on American soil, even during a layover, you’re bound to American rules of law. There was already a Canadian citizen who was detained in a ICE facility.
i believe you…but do you have the article to back up that claim? i would like to save it for later dates
Canadians are really showing Trump they mean business! Hope we Europeans will do the same! Kudos to Canada!
I have an upcoming trip with a US transfer. We booked it before Trump won and started these shenanigans. We worry that the declining traffic will cancel our direct flight and we’ll be left scrambling to find an alternative route. We also worry about US Customs now more than we used to. It would cost us ~$1300 for the two of us to reroute, and we’re seriously thinking about it just to reduce our risk.
In unrelated news, most of the lettuce in the store in grown in the USA. We went shopping yesterday and all the Canadian produce was sold out while the US stuff was sort of rotting. Well, we found romaine hearts grown in Mexico, so we bought that. Thanks Mexico-bros.
Thanks Mexico-bros
Mexibro?
Oh, right, it’s because of the tariffs and not because the US immigration is arresting and torturing people at random at the borders…
Everything is because of the tariffs. Tariffs are all that is happening on the US right now, you don’t have to look it up.
Yep. They’re definitely not disappearing German and Canadian citizens for basically no reason. They’re certainly not putting them in solitary confinement for days on end before shuffling them around the county for months with no way for friends or family to (accurately) track down where they are
Seeing the news this isn’t even a matter of boycott but safety. Ice is not very discerning
My landlord and her family just got back from Mexico, and even though they had booked their tickets before Trump was elected, they choose direct flights just because Trump’s rumblings were so strong.
I wish. I bought tickets a long time ago and they want $100 to change or cancel per ticket. It’ll cost me upwards of $600 to cancel the trip
Put it this way, would you pay $600 to avoid being detained in an ICE facility for several weeks?
If so, change the trip.
No
Was going to fly to Boston with my sister to see a Laker’s game this March, but that’s all off the table now. No tickets, no hotel, no flights; we’ll use the money for a different game, maybe in Toronto. I’m not stepping foot in the US if I can help it, in solidarity with many other Canadians. Just how it is right now.
