Canadians Traveling to the USA in 2025

[Reepicheep]

I just discovered the website for "Visit Florida", which is "the state’s official destination marketing organization". They publish tourism statistics on a quarterly, not monthly basis. Their statistics are in agreement with the statistics produced by Stats Canada.

Below are the year over year increases or decreases in the number of Canadian tourists visiting Florida for the last six quarters (Q1 is Jan/Feb/Mar, etc.):

+5.7% - 2024 Q1
+4.4% - 2024 Q2
+5.0% - 2024 Q3
+6.3% - 2024 Q4

-16.9% - 2025 Q1
-20.0% - 2025 Q2

"That's not much of a boycott in my books." - Governor Desantis

https://www.visitflorida.org/resources/research/

 

[Reepicheep]

I've been following tourism statistics (Canadian visits to the US) very closely since That Man started making his offensive comments about Canada. I could post links to articles about how the Canadian boycott is affecting each individual state (especially border states), but since this is a Disney forum, I'll limit my comments to Florida, California, and the overall statistics for the entire United States.

In my previous post, I posted statistics specific to Florida. I just found the website for "Visit California", which gives the same statistics for California.

Below are the year-over-year increases or decreases in the number of Canadian tourists visiting California each month since October 2024:

+4% - Oct, 2024
-4% - Nov
-3% - Dec
-11% - Jan, 2025
-12% - Feb
-15% - Mar
-15% - Apr
-20% - May
-25% - June

The trend is undeniable.

At the federal level, the US government is claiming that relations between Canada and the US are hunky-dory (now that I'm a 67-year-old old codger, I figure I should start using old codger expressions, dagnammit). The state governors (other than Desantis of Florida, who apparently drank a double dose of the Kool-Aid and is now a worshiper of That Man) all recognize the seriousness of the problem and are basically begging for the return of Canadian tourists.

https://industry.visitcalifornia.com/research/reports/canada-market-profile

 

[ilovetotravel1977]

Wow! You are really into these stats!

 

[dis_guy]

I've been following tourism statistics (Canadian visits to the US) very closely since That Man started making his offensive comments about Canada. I could post links to articles about how the Canadian boycott is affecting each individual state (especially border states), but since this is a Disney forum, I'll limit my comments to Florida, California, and the overall statistics for the entire United States.

In my previous post, I posted statistics specific to Florida. I just found the website for "Visit California", which gives the same statistics for California.

Below are the year-over-year increases or decreases in the number of Canadian tourists visiting California each month since October 2024:

+4% - Oct, 2024
-4% - Nov
-3% - Dec
-11% - Jan, 2025
-12% - Feb
-15% - Mar
-15% - Apr
-20% - May
-25% - June

The trend is undeniable.

At the federal level, the US government is claiming that relations between Canada and the US are hunky-dory (now that I'm a 67-year-old old codger, I figure I should start using old codger expressions, dagnammit). The state governors (other than Desantis of Florida, who apparently drank a double dose of the Kool-Aid and is now a worshiper of That Man) all recognize the seriousness of the problem and are basically begging for the return of Canadian tourists.

https://industry.visitcalifornia.com/research/reports/canada-market-profile

Wow and I’m assuming that those percentages are for a smaller and smaller total as time goes on. Looks like compound interest but in reverse.

 

[asc]

I wish the drop was larger. But even stats and facts won't change anything IMO.

 

[ottawamom]

Exactly, one in charge would actually have to believe in statistics and logic and reason...

 

[Frwinkley]

Orange Foolius would just fire your statistician...that's how we roll down here.

 

[Reepicheep]

I wish the drop was larger. But even stats and facts won't change anything IMO.

Regarding Florida, the key development will be if Canadian snowbirds fail to return to Florida in late 2025 / early 2026. All the reports I have read indicate that not only are many snowbirds saying they won't return, they have put their properties up for sale.

I suspect the money a typical Canadian tourist family spends during a one-week trip to (say) Disney World is insignificant compared to the money a wealthy snowbird couple spends during a 4-month winter stay in (say) Fort Lauderdale.

Below are a couple of short TV news reports about the financial impact that is already being felt by the snowbird boycott. Many communities in Florida will be in deep financial trouble if a significant snowbird boycott materializes over the winter.

Florida tourism officials say stark decline in Canadians visiting since winter

Canadians exiting Florida and businesses feeling the exodus

 

[asc]

I hope you are right.