Canadian visitors to the U.S. on the rise, travel experts say
Canadian visitor volumes to the U.S. are on the rise, a trend travel experts attribute to the Democrats' recent midterm victory, which is seen as a rebuke to White House policies. This increase counteracts the previous decline caused by trade war flare-ups and tariffs.
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MONTREAL - The Democrats’ sweeping midterm victory is poised to fan a trend of rising Canadian visitor volumes to the United States, counteracting the effect of the recent trade war flare-up, travel experts say. Canadian return trips from America rose three per cent in October compared with the same period last year, the seventh-straight month of growth, according to preliminary figures from Statistics Canada. However, the increase marked a smaller uptick than the levels seen through much of the summer and into September. At Flight Centre Travel Group Canada, new leisure bookings — distinct from trips taken — fell 26 per cent year-over-year last month in response to a fresh round of tariffs and taunts by U.S. President Donald Trump weeks earlier. “It really just shows you how fragile cross-border travel is, specifically from the leisure market,” said Amra Durakovic, a spokesperson for the travel agency.
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