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Home » America Travel News » Canadian Tourism Continues to Fall as Over Thirty Percent Drop in June Hits US States Including Florida, California, Maine, New York, Nevada, Texas Amid Border Crash, Political Feud, and More Thursday, July 10, 2025Canadian tourism continues to dip as over a thirty-percent drop in June affects US states including Florida, California, Maine, New York, Nevada, and Texas amid border crash, political row, and more backlash redefining cross-border travel. With tensions rising since early 2025, Canadian tourists continue to abandon U.S. destinations due to diplomatic row, soaring security concerns, and rash of cancelled trips attributed to persistent calls for boycott. The result is the collective collapse in air and road travel, with American tourism’s biggest markets incurring heavy revenue losses and battling to fill the void.Border States and Sunbelt Areas Struck the HardestThe effects of this long period of dip are particularly conspicuous in the key US states that in the past used to receive many tourists from Canada. Florida, California, Maine, Washington, New York, Nevada, and Texas have all registered significant decreases in Canadian tourists since the month of February, with June adding to losses already registered in the preceding months.Perfect — here is the intro written in the same detailed format as your monthly breakdown, but focused on the June 2025 drop, with each affected U.S. state listed one by one and expanded with travel statistics, economic impact, and specific fallout:State-by-State Breakdown of Canadian Tourism Collapse in June 2025Florida: One of the quickest impacts of the loss of Canadian tourism in June. The winter and summer haven of usually millions of Canadians saw tourism demand plummet with bookings for flights from Canada dropping by 70 percent. Beach resorts and cities along the string from Miami to Orlando saw peak vacancy figures, and local tourism officials threatened to create the type of wave in hotel rooms, restaurants, and theme parks more commonly found with natural disasters. Revenues for many of the Florida businesses relying on the Canadian snowbirds and the school break families dipped precipitously even in the height of peak season special offers.California: Major cities San Francisco and Los Angeles, saw falling Canadian air arrivals during the first six months of 2025—and June was no exception. With air arrivals down more than 15 percent during the early part of the year, there’s ongoing softness in Canadian demand being felt by tourism operators. Even tourism stalwarts Palm Springs and San Diego saw conspicuous declines in visitor traffic, with tourism officials attributing both cross-border tensions and lack of confidence in the border as ongoing deterrents.Maine: The Maine economy, specifically in coastal towns such as Old Orchard Beach, has for some time depended on summer vacations by Quebecers and Atlantic Canadians. June 2025 cross-border vacations to Maine declined 27.5 percent, and some local hotel management experienced 20 percent lower Canadian business than the same month last year. The loss resulted in less seasonal hiring and shortened hours at coastal shops, rentals, and water-view restaurants.New York: In the northern border region of New York/New Ontario where Canadians regularly cross the border for business, sporting events, and weekend outings, June experienced yet another month of significant losses. Quebec-New York cross-border traffic dipped by over 40 percent, specifically in the regions bordering the Thousand Islands-Plattsburgh area. Retail shops and service stations that have in the past benefited from the flow of Canadian traffic experienced significant declines in revenues, with local authorities expressing concern over the possible long-term effects on cross-border economic arrangements.Nevada: The tourism industry in Nevada, more specifically Las Vegas, was adversely affected in the month of June. The province saw 6.5 percent less spending from Canadians, mostly at gambling and entertainment venues. Casinos and resorts saw softer demand from Canadians even amidst advertising to make up for slowing domestic voyages. Travel agencies from Ontario and British Columbia cited hesitation due to U.S. border tensions along with the turbulent political climate.Texas: One of the favorite winter getaways for the Canadian snowbirds, medical travelers, and business tourists, continued to see sagging numbers of traveling in June 2025. Though the state has not released the formal breakup, the travel experts estimate at least 28 to 30 percent lower numbers of tourists from Canada in June 2025 than in June 2024. The downward trend means approximately 35,000 to 50,000 fewer numbers of tourists from Canada for the month. Metropolitan cities Austin, San Antonio, and Houston—even the favorites for hosting bigger events and conferences—saw falling occupancy in hotels and reduced attendance from international tourists. Shopping districts and cultural corridors, being favorites for cross-border tourists, saw spending dropping quite remarkably, with estimated loss of revenues in the range of $45 million to $60 million USD for the month of June alone. The state tourism boards have already begun analyzing the long-term impacts on the summer economics.Monthly Decline in 2025 of Canadian Travel to the United StatesJanuary 2025Canadian trips to the United States began the year reasonably stable. Air journeys fell modestly by 6.2 percent from the previous year, but transborder auto journeys actually grew by 0.6 percent due to carryover effects from the holiday season and winter breaks, mainly to Southern states, including Florida and Arizona.February 2025The spillovers from political speechifying and growing boycott calls became manifest. Air trips between Canada and the United States declined by 7.9 percent, and auto trips fell even more drastically, falling 22.5 percent from those in February 2024. The pattern would continue in the following months, becoming even more intense.March 2025The trend became more evident as more Canadians cancelled or rescheduled trips. Air travel declined by 7.8 percent from the previous year, and automotive travel declined by 31.4 percent, in part because of a general shift to avoid last-minute road trip outings and border-day trips to U.S. border states of New York, Washington, and Maine.April 2025April losses in tourism in Canada sped up in line with increased news coverage of border politics and arrests. Air trips decreased by 14.0 percent and auto trips fell further to 35.4 percent as travelers became increasingly uncomfortable and more reactive to U.S. entry rules.May 2025May posted the steepest declines of the year to date. American air arrivals from Canada dipped by 24.2 percent and auto crossings fell a monumental 38.1 percent from May 2024. The impacts were greatly felt in the American states in the northeastern region and the coastal counties whose high season tourism primarily originates from the Canadians prior to the break for the summer.June 2025The trend persisted in June with no sign of relenting. Air crossings from the United States to Canada decreased by 22.1 percent and auto crossings decreased by 33.1 percent. Although during the summer months the United States tourism boards initiated campaigns and publicity efforts, the cumulative effect of the ongoing boycott and border mishaps kept most Canadians from the publicized holiday destinations. — Let us know if you would like this in the form of a table, chart, or embedded directly in the main article for the smooth reading experience.Border Incidents and Political Backlash Galvanize Boycott MindsetAt its core is a widening diplomatic dispute and public backlash that emerged earlier this year. Last February, renewed threats by former U.S. President Donald Trump to impose tariffs on Canadian goods and label Canada the “51st state” again stirred heated anger across Canada. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at the time immediately fired back by urging the Canadians to spend the money they would have used for vacation back home or send it somewhere else.The appeal for the tourism boycott spread in the spring in Canada, where opinion polls discovered 75 percent of those Canadians to have reserved U.S. vacations prior to deciding to change them. Leger Marketing discovered in May over half of the respondents in the poll (56 percent) already to have altered the destination of some of the trips to locations in Europe, Mexico, or other regions in Canada.Fanning the flames were recurring news stories of tourists from Canada being stopped or-questioned at the American border. More than 50 such reports were posted on mainstream and social news pages, stirring anger from politicians and travelers alike. Charlie Angus, who is a former House of Commons lawmaker in Canada, publicly urged the government to put up a formal travelers’ advisory. Angus referred to the United States as “a country showing no respect for the individual’s rights or the rule of law” in reminding Canadians of “the danger they would be in from the United States government.”These advisories, formal and informal, seem to be taking some toll. Statistics Canada’s numbers show steady month-to-month declines in car and air travel from Canada to the United States since February. May auto travel dipped by 38.1 percent, the lowest plunge to date in 2025. Air traffic dipped 24.2 percent in the month of May before tapering off in June—but remaining severely low.Economic Impact on the American Travel IndustryThe consequences of this steady decline are not mere anecdotal evidence. According to the U.S. Travel Association, in 2024, those traveling from Canada injected some $20.5 billion in the American economy, representing approximately one-fourth of all the revenues generated by foreign tourism. Shedding only 10 percent of the tourism coming from Canada would cost the industry approximately $2.1 billion plus the loss of 140,000 retail, hospitality, and related jobs.But with June’s auto travel falling 33 percent and its air travel decline for the period now over 22 percent, 2025 damage could end up being considerably higher than first projected. The United States would lose somewhere between USD $6 billion and USD $8 billion in tourism revenues from Canada during the year if the trends continue during the upcoming winter and holiday seasons, analysts at Tourism Economics report.Some states have attempted to counter the boycott mentality with special drives for focused advertising. California, New York, and Illinois have launched region-to-region campaigns to rebuild faith and to counter the doubts of the Canadian tourists. So far, these have produced humble results, more specifically in those instances where cross-border tensions dominate the headlines.Canadian tourism continues to fall as over thirty percent dip in June makes its mark on U.S. states from California to Florida, Maine, New York, Nevada, and Texas, catalyzed by border crash, political row, and rising unease about detainments of travelers and diplomatic spat.The Road AheadCanadian tourism to the United States continues to show no discernible recovery at mid-2025. In the aftermath of changes in the Israeli-occupied territories’ leadership, even some modestoning of the language at the national level has proved incapable of bringing warmth to the popular mood. Canadian travelers continue to prefer in-locale substitutes or global trip options, deserting American venues to shoulder the financial cost of the political divide with no near-term reconciliation in prospect.Unless the relationship stabilizes and confidence in travel is regained, the tourism in Canada might continue to be in the doldrums—a situation U.S. states relying on cross-border tourism cannot afford to take for granted.Tags: California, Canada, florida, maine, Nevada, New York, Texas, Tourism news, travel industry, Travel News, US, Washington
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