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gab13by13

(31,067 posts)
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:44 AM 6 hrs ago

A Question About Tourism

I have read many articles about Canadians foregoing vacations to the US, but my question, did Mexicans and other people from Central America used to come to the US for tourism, for vacations?

If they did I'm pretty sure they won't do that any more.

Not to worry, Krasnov is in charge of the economic numbers.

I just had a thought, maybe Central America and South America should consider changing their names. I mean what does America have to do with those countries?

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Irish_Dem

(79,449 posts)
2. I took a trip to Canada two years ago and there were many tourists
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 08:54 AM
6 hrs ago

from Latin American countries, Hispanics.
Well to do and obviously prosperous.

This was before ICE.

I don't travel much to popular US tourist spots so I don't know if they
used to come to the US before ICE or not. But they were in Canada
in Montreal and Quebec City.

malaise

(292,316 posts)
3. Lots of people from the English-speaking Caribbean
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:21 AM
5 hrs ago

Used to be regular visitors to the US. Many can’t be bothered these days,

sinkingfeeling

(57,086 posts)
4. Canadians are even refusing to land in the US to change planes to travel to Central and South America. I have a
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:25 AM
5 hrs ago

friend in Vancouver who wants to visit me, but won't risk going through US Immigration at an airport. She says that there are many charter flights being arranged in Canada to fly around the US to Central/South America.

Attilatheblond

(8,174 posts)
5. Down here in the AZ Borderlands it is Snowbird Season
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 09:55 AM
5 hrs ago

While most of the winter influx is from northern tier US states, we do generally get a lot of Canadians too. Gonna take a drive around in a couple weeks to see if all the camper sites are full and what percentage have Canadian plates. Will be asking my brother in Montana if he's seeing the usual parade of Canadian vehicles heading south.

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PoindexterOglethorpe

(28,423 posts)
6. I have a friend who works at the Pittsburgh airport.
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:10 AM
5 hrs ago

He tells me international flights are arriving full.

Also, this entire double continent was named America, North and South, long before this country was established.

mitch96

(15,601 posts)
7. My west central Florida town usually has. a shit ton of Canadian tourists during the "season"
Fri Dec 26, 2025, 10:31 AM
4 hrs ago

This year? not so much. I have only seen two TWO cars with Canadian plates on them. The Canadian accents in bars and restaurants are missing...
Our Fire trucks still have Toronto Blue Jays flags flying on them..Fuck that orange guy....
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