Torpedoing Foreign Tourism To The US -- Potentially For Years To Come

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5. Canadians pull back, threatening to widen United States' $50 billion travel deficit

Published Fri, Mar 28 20251:00 PM EDTUpdated Sat, Mar 29 20258:32 AM EDT
Leslie Josephs

Canadians are skipping trips to the U.S. and visitors from other countries could soon follow threatening to deepen the United States’ $50 billion travel deficit.

Experts say they’re pulling back for a variety of reasons, ranging from an unfavorable currency exchange rate to the U.S. political climate given President Donald Trump’s trade policies and his public statements on annexing Canada, as well as high-profile detainments of people who already had visas to be in the U.S., long wait visa times and other policies that have added to tensions with longtime close allies.

Reached for comment Friday, a White House spokesperson said by email that “everybody wants to come to President Trump’s America” ...

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/03/28/canada-united-states-travel.html