Canadian travel to US drops
Both same-day and overnight car travel from Canada to the US fell sharply at the end of last year, according to Statistics Canada.
Contributing factors: winter storms and a dip in the value of the Canadian dollar.
The decline halted the growth of significant gains in cross-border automobile travel by Canadians.
“Travel may have been dampened by heavy snowfalls in early and mid-December that resulted in hazardous driving conditions and cancelled flights across Canada,†says Statistics Canada.
Overnight trips to the US by air remained relatively unchanged in December at 506,000. For 2007 as a whole, Canadians took a record-high 5.9 million such trips, up 6.1%from 2006. It was the second annual record in a row. In the opposite direction, Americans took a record-low 804,000 same-day car trips to Canada in December, down 2.4 per cent from November.
Report by David Wilkening
David
Vegas’s Billion-Dollar Secrets – What They Don’t Want Tourists to Know
Visit Florida’s New CEO Bryan Griffin Shares His Vision for State Tourism with Graham
Chicago’s Tourism Renaissance: Graham Interviews Kristin Reynolds of Choose Chicago
Graham Talks with Cassandra McCauley of MMGY NextFactor About the Latest Industry Research
Destination International’s Andreas Weissenborn: Research, Advocacy, and Destination Impact
Graham and Don Welsh Discuss the Success of Destinations International’s Annual Conference
Graham and CEO Andre Kiwitz on Ventura Travel’s UK Move and Recruitment for the Role
Brett Laiken and Graham Discuss Florida’s Tourism Momentum and Global Appeal
Graham and Elliot Ferguson on Positioning DC as a Cultural and Inclusive Global Destination
Graham Talks to Fraser Last About His England-to-Ireland Trek for Mental Health Awareness
Kathy Nelson Tells Graham About the Honour of Hosting the World Cup and Kansas City’s Future
Graham McKenzie on Sir Richie Richardson’s Dual Passion for Golf and His Homeland, Antigua
ADS PRO 
France prepares for a massive strike across all transports on September 18
Turkish tourism stalls due to soaring prices for accommodation and food
CCS Insight: eSIMs ready to take the travel world by storm
Germany new European Entry/Exit System limited to a single airport on October 12, 2025
Airlines suspend Madagascar services following unrest and army revolt