The ‘self-inflicted injury’ to U.S. tourism that’s making some Americans angry and disappointed
The ‘self-inflicted injury’ to U.S. tourism that’s making some Americans angry and disappointed
IMO, Canadians are rightfully staying home because of (a) anger over the whole 51st state bullshit, (b) the tariff war, and (c) the possibility of being unjustly detained without warning in inhumane conditions for an inderminate period of time and with no way of knowing what country you'll eventually be sent to.
There are too many Americans who think, "Hey, don't worry, you're a good visitor / immigrant / businessperson, you'll be treated fine", when manifestly at least some of those people are not treated well. And the potential risk, however slight, is in no way worth the "reward" of visiting a certain country for vacation. There are plenty of other sights to see on this planet; y'all can come back to the States (if you ever want to - I wouldn't), when we aren't kidnapping people off the streets, detaining them without due process, and stop shipping them overseas to countries like El Salvador and Rwanda.
Yes, but you’re also missing (d) a lot of us hated Trump the first time around, and we didn’t visit out of principle alone.
This time it is so much worse.
electing him a second time made it so I avoided the US. threatening annexation made it so I boycotted their products. the fascist takeover made it so I won't even travel there for work
Why would anyone want to visit Trump’s shithole version of the States?
This article is obtuse and infuriating to read. Glossing over so many disgusting developments from garbage Trump and his maga goons. Of course CTV refuses to properly cover this whole situation while sourcing quotes from CNN...
Here are the worst parts:
Many Canadians have boycotted taking U.S. trips and buying American products since the spring. That’s when President Trump made false claims and belittling comments about Canada in the midst of a tariff war.
“It’s hard to be angry, because it’s not just me,” he said. “For all the promises of a good economy — and maybe people were thinking, ‘we’ll sacrifice some culture war things for this good economy that’s going to come from this administration.’ It doesn’t seem like that’s happening.”
Canadians turning away from the U.S. is particularly worrisome.
No it's the people of colour people being detained by ICE without due process and sent to god know's where. What an absolute moronic statement.
Without a doubt, he said the “softening” of business at his downtown store has been disappointing. But Mondello said “time heals all.”
Woody believes there is an opportunity with the FIFA World Cup in 2026, when his marketing team in Seattle will be collaborating with Destination Vancouver. Seattle and Vancouver are the second-closest geographical grouping of any of the FIFA host cities, and match schedules have been aligned so that spectators can easily travel to see games on both sides of the border.
Hill said other international tourists have still come in relatively stable numbers. He also believes there will be more Canadians returning in the fall and winter when they tend to escape the cold and enjoy hockey season in Las Vegas.
“Trying to get them to overcome that too significantly, I don’t think works very well,” Hill said. “What we told them is, you know, we’re here when you’re ready. We hope you’re ready soon.”
“I look at the hard-working Americans just as I do local business owners here in the U.K.,” Hawkins wrote to CNN, adding that he would “hate to see them suffer” because of government decisions.
Support and do nothing about fascists you absolutely deserve to suffer. Crummy americans enabling war crimnals, ableists, transphobes, racists and misogynists. You get what you deserve.
“I wouldn’t care what political affiliation the owners would have, as I find if you take politics out of any conversation (which I do often), you are pretty much going to have good stuff in common with people.”
Tell me you're a privileged cis-het white man without saying it.
CTV is total dogshit. Has been forever, but you've called this one right.
CTV belongs to Bell which belongs to billionaires. Despite what the corporate owned news media might imply, there is only one minority group that is actually legitimately out to get us: The rich
Even after Trump will be gone, the idiots making this possible still thrive and breed and vote. I'm not sure how to trust the US again in the near future.
my answer is simply to not bother trying
maybe after a decade of exceptionally good behaviour, I'll reconsider
Or distant future, for that matter. The US has shown its true nature in voting for Trump not once, but TWICE. The US went from "friend" (as if anybody has ever been a "friend" to the USA) to backstabbing enemy in the course of a single election cycle. This is a warning for all future interaction.
There's actually strong evidence that the election was rigged in swing states where democrats performed consistently better down ballot, but mysteriously didn't select anything for the presidential candidate.
A helluva lot of Americans voted for Trump 3 damn times.
There are a lot of slow learners down thwre.
Did we forgive Germany? Or Japan? Or Italy?
Sort of. Eventually.
But only after they proved that they were willing and able to be better.
It took years, decades even, for the trust lost during WW2 to be restored.
In order: Yes. No. Yes, but qualified given behaviour over the past 20 years.
Germany accepted its role in the Holocaust and in the war. It took positive strides to make amends. The same applies to Italy, though its beginning to flirt with fascism again in the late 1990s/early 2000s made me start being ultra-wary of it. Japan has never really accepted its malignant role in WWII and, at points, has denied documented history. So I, at least, have not forgiven it.
(I also do not trust Turkey for its continued refusal to accept its role in the Armenian Genocide.)
They may not vote, but only because there are no more elections.