It seems President Donald Trump's attitude toward Canada may be affecting the travel plans of Canadians.
In a recent poll, which ran from the day before his inauguration until this weekend, as the U.S. and Canada grappled with the fallout of potential tariffs on Canadian products.
With those issues, among others, in mind, Canadian travellers are looking at destinations south of the border a lot less than in the past.
More than 69 per cent of respondents, both Vancouverites and others, said they will likely make fewer trips to the United States. Only a handful, fewer than six per cent, are making more plans to go to the U.S. than before. About a quarter said Trump's second term will not affect their travel plans.
V.I.A. polled 1,582 readers and asked the question: Will President Donald Trump's second term affect your travel plans?
The poll ran from 1/19/2025 to 2/8/2025. Of the 1,582 votes, we can determine that 602 are from within the community. The full results are as follows:
Results are based on an online study of adult Vancouver Is Awesome readers who are located in Vancouver. The margin of error - which measures sample variability - is +/- 2.46%, 19 times out of 20.
Vancouver Is Awesome uses a variety of techniques to capture data, detect and prevent fraudulent votes, detect and prevent robots, and filter out non-local and duplicate votes.
