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.
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.
As a non-american, where have you been hearing praise? Outside of the US, the US is mostly considered embarrassing and terrible. I’m thinking it’s the internal propaganda of “american exceptionalism” that misguides americans into thinking the world loved them before Trump
It’s more been the willingness of other countries to follow our lead on most things for so long. (Soft power) That time is over, and it’s not a bad thing.
Great point. Probably a filtering done by our national media so that any interaction with global entities makes it sound like we’re being praised….
That’s my guess - wasn’t there a US news anchor recently saying that everyone on earth should strive to be part of the US? It’s that kind of propaganda that messes with the perception of identity.
I’m Canadian and maybe there’s shit I think about us that’s warped by our media, but my only perception of how the world perceives us is “goofy friendly hockey cold sorry” - so I don’t think we have a sense of national pride fueled by our media lol
@breen @courageousstep Yes. It was Jesse Waters, a Fox anchor interviewing Doug Ford, telling Ford that he should be honoured to be annexed by the USA:
“Because if I were a citizen of another country and I was a neighbour of the United States, I would consider it a privilege to be taken over by the United States of America."
What?? Really?? That’s horrible! Why are Americans wanting to move toward a colonist/Empire future? We were taught in schools (superficially, I guess?) that that kind of national behavior is BAD and caused a ton of violence and death. I am so baffled.
I vividly remember reading in English class both fiction and nonfiction stories about the atrocities done by the British empire in India and Africa. We all read Anne Frank. We learned in “socials studies” class about the tragedies committed against indigenous Americans. Where did all of this come from?