Overview

• Statistics Canada reports Canadian return trips from the U.S. by automobile fell 38.1% to 1.3 million in May while air returns dropped 24.2% to 488,800 year-over-year.
• Visits by U.S. residents to Canada also declined, with car crossings down 8.4% to 1,044,700 and air arrivals slipping 0.3% to 439,800 in May.
• Air Canada, WestJet, Flair Airlines and Air Transat have cut flight capacity to U.S. destinations such as Florida, Las Vegas and Arizona in response to lower demand.
• The U.S. Travel Association warned that a 10% fall in Canadian inbound tourism could cost $2.1 billion in spending and put 140,000 jobs at risk, with current losses far exceeding that benchmark.
• A Leger Marketing poll finds 77% of Canadians plan to travel within Canada this summer, up from 69% last year, and only 10% intend to visit the U.S.