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Canada�s tourism industry is going on an offensive � rolling out ad
campaigns in US border states to lure Americans back to the Great
White North.
US travel to Canada dipped by about 10% in recent months, amid the
raging trade war between the two neighbors.
In one TV ad running across New England and New York, an American
tourist � sporting a baseball cap and matching sweater tied around
his shoulders � sheepishly whispers to a Canadian hotel front desk
worker that he�s from the land of the free.
The employee looks awkwardly towards him and presses what looks
like some kind of red panic button � before bursting out a smile
and walking across the desk to hug him.
Other ads take more of a practical approach, trying instead to
appeal to American�s pocketbooks.
One billboard campaign simply reminds Americans how much further
their dollar will go north of the 49th parallel.
�$1 USD = $1.43 CAD,� reads the billboard from Destination Ontario,
which has been spotted in Detroit and Cleveland, among other border
towns. �Spend less, do more.�
American tourists make up the bulk of visitors to Canada � last
summer, 78.5%, nearly four out of five visitors to the Great White
North came from the US.
The drop hasn�t been as dramatic as Canadian tourists to the US �
who�ve boycotted the country en masse, leading to a 30-40% fall in
air and land travel.
But it�s sure to make a dent in the tourism industry � according to
Statistics Canada, Americans spent $15.3 billion in the country
last year.
https://nypost.com/2025/06/21/us-news/canadian-tourism-industry- gets-proactive-as-us-visitors-drop/
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