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Nearly half of Quebecers cancel U.S. trips amid tensions, boosting local tourism

montreal.citynews.ca Nearly half of Quebecers cancel U.S. trips amid tensions, boosting local tourism

For many Montrealers, it’s Spring Break. And for some, that means taking a trip. It was a busy Saturday morning at Trudeau Airport, but amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats, have Quebecers been changing their destinations? A new poll found that nearly half of Quebecers who planned a tri...

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There's a crazy story about a German tourist that brought a tatoo pen/supplies with her on US tourism and was put in jail until her return flight, 29 days, because "obviously she was trying to work illegally in US".

Nearly half? Why not double half?

Old Orchard Beach gonna be empty this July lol

Makes me wish that I had a US trip planned so I could cancel it.

I’m American and instead of going on vacation somewhere in the US this year, we are instead going to British Colombia.
We are still planning, but if anyone has any good suggestions of activities for a family with kids under 10 of things to do on Vancouver island, please let me know!
P.s Sorry our country sucks right now.
- Here are some suggestions with a kids lens:
  Vancouver Island
  get mid Island then over to the west coast
  Parksville - large sandy beaches to dig in
  ferry to Denman Island and then to Hornsby Island - fossils! https://hornbynaturalhistory.com/category/fossils/
  Qualicum Beach - gravelly and lots of seniors, but a great place to see bald eagles picking up clams and oysters, dropping them to break them open and diving to eat.
  Cathedral grove on Hwy to Port Alberni, accessible old growth forest
  Alberni - old forestry interpretation site with a logging train in the Cherry Creek area
  Drive to Tofino - an adventure in itself
  Long Beach
  whale watching
  If you go to Vancouver, many of the classic stops are worth it
  the Aquarium
  Whale watching
  Grouse mountain gondola and mountain top
  Capilano suspension bridge and the fish hatchery and environs
  Seabus
  UBC museum of anthropology
  
  Wow this is amazing informative and detailed. Thanks for taking the time to write this list out. We looked at parksville (I remember as a really young kid staying at tigh na mara and loved the beach. Glad to see it’s still a recommended area. Thanks again!
- Butchart gardens
  Royal museum of British Columbia
  Legislative Assembly buildings
  Walk around the downtown/waterfront area
  Chinatown (Victoria has the oldest one in Canada)
  Hatley Castle (x men was filmed here)
  Craigdarroch castle (it's more a large Victorian mansion but still cool)
  Beacon Hill park (don't run over the peacocks in the street - seriously - they're a traffic hazard)
  There are lovely beaches in the northern parts of the island and Sunshine coast.
  
  Grouse Mountain (in Vancouver)?!
  Granted, I was there a decade or so ago, but you can just take a bus to the trailhead/cable car lower station and then take the cable car up there or just walk the trail up (not hard) and then take the cable car down.
  Granted, it's mainly interesting for people who like Nature.
  Also, take the boat to cross the river.
  
  This is great! Some of this is stuff I hadn’t researched yet, so it’s going on my lists. Thank you!
  
  Spinnaker's is a nice restaurant/pub in Vic. Courtenay/Comox area has lots of beautiful nature hikes, well honestly anywhere up &down the coast!
- Check out some smaller islands off the main island. Lots of little artistic communities. Don't just hit the big spots. Comox Valley is beautiful There are some old growth cedar walks off the coast in tofino (careful Tofino is as expensive as you can imagine) that are amazing (of you can't manage the boat ride check out cathedral Grove near Port Alberni). Campbell River is a quaint town with great fishing, BC is full of forestry roads with great little remote campsites (on any given day you can have a lake all to yourself in many places if you just ask around town), surfing is pretty big on the island take a lesson or rent some gear, super fun for everyone. The Northern part of the island is not to be forgotten. The people are amazing and though the terrain can be harsh it is amazingly beautiful and remote.
  
  Amazing. Thanks! These look like some great areas to explore. Added them to my research list.
- Welcome to Victoria
  Spend lots of money drink lots of shafts

Good, and I'm following suit. Just cancelled a trip I had planned to Boston this September. I'm not spending a dollar more than I have to on the shithole that has become the US.
- with tHE Faa being gutted by musk, its not even safe to fly down there.
- Massachusetts is a strong Blue State.
  
  Fact: Money spent in Blue States still props the American economy

We should call them Qubecois.
- "Quebecers" is absolutely the worst demonym I've ever had the misfortune of hearing.
  I'd honestly rather use "Quebecans" or "Quebecinites" than "Quebecers". That being said, I'm francophone so I just say "québécois et québécoises".
  
  C’est vrai, quebecers always sounds wrong to me for some reason. Québécois is the original, so idk I think it should just be québécois in English without any translations
  
  Quebeccies it is
- The word Québécois in English I think signifies more the ethnic group, than all Quebeckers (ppl who live in Quebec, Québécois or otherwise).
  In French, it's ambiguous.
- In Ontario I've generally heard and used "Québécois" and don't really hear Quebecers often. Weird that the Montréal CityNews outlet is using Quebecers of all places.
  In my mind Québécois is a sign of respect, while Quebecers is dismissive, and I can't explain why I think that way.
- I'm from Montreal originally. We call ourselves Quebecers.
  
  I live in the mtl suburbs and I very rarely hear quebecers. Even Anglo people say québécois

That’s good, but we need to get that percentage higher. Let’s shoot for 90% or better. Make America tourism hurt.
- Come the 4th, and expect stuff to change.

Or support Mexican tourism for warm destinations, the enemy of our enemy is our friend.
- Us Québécois love going to Cuba, we've been vacationing there for ever! It's amazing, not a single American in sight!
  
  Just went to Cancún, so many québécois! It's a direct flight from YUL. Not that many Americans in some areas.
  
  Beautiful beaches, food sucks though. Mexico is better!
- I think a big thing should be support Canada, instead of bringing your money elsewhere keep it in Canada. We are going to have some bumpy times of us.
  
  Supporting Canada exclusively for winter beach vacations is not reasonable, a lot of people want to take a break from winter somewhere warm. This used to be Florida / California, let's start going to Latin America and Europe instead.
  We have to be careful with this mentality, isolationism is the exact kind of mentality we are accusing the US of. Let's keep supporting friendly nations to show the US we have other friends to play with.

Canada is such a lovely place to tour! And if you're Canadian you probably already have the appropriate clothing! In such a large and diverse country you can certainly find an experience different from your daily.
- The problem is it's fucking expensive. We went to Halifax this summer and had a great time, but we could have easily paid for a week in an all inclusive in Mexico for a similar price for 5 days in Halifax.
  That being said, we're taking the train to Montreal for March break. Way simpler and less stressy than an international trip, but not cheaper.
  
  Halifax is a great town! Although Mexico is ok too. It’s the US we should try to avoid.
  
  Yeah, indeed. On the other hand I’m also painfully aware that the reason it’s so cheap for me over there is that I’m the richer guy in a poorer country… 😬

half floridas tourism comes from canada and other countries.

We are a terrorist nation. This is a good call. Stay safe and stay far away from this place.

Only half?
- I wonder what the statistic is for Anglo Canada. It's going to be even worse.
- It's pretty significant when you think about it, what really surprised me was that the entirety of Quebec had flights planned to the US.
- Maybe the other half are locked in, won't get a decent refund for canceling.
- tabernac!
- Maybe the other 25% are locked in and the other 25% do not have the money to even think about a trip elsewhere.

Good call. This place is an embarrassment.

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