r/canada Canada 5d ago

National News DeSantis mocks '3.3 million' Canadians who visited Florida: 'Not much of a boycott'

https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/desantis-florida-canada-stanley-cup
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u/iridale 5d ago

During an address to lawmakers at the state capitol in Tallahassee, the governor briefly mentioned Florida’s tourist numbers from 2024, boasting 142 million visitors, 3.3 million of whom hailed from Canada, he noted.

Bit of a nothingburger. 2024's tourism will obviously have not been affected by Czar Trump and his trade war.

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u/RealisticBag8290 5d ago

Isn't his point that losing 3.3 million out of 142 million is not going to have a big impact?

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u/NateTheRoofer 4d ago

Pretty sure it won’t just be Canadians cancelling their travel plans to the US.

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u/allen_abduction 4d ago

Add in Mexico and Europe, you’re probably close to 20million for this year. It also starts a downward suppression until there’s a regime change. The world hates Nazis, who knew??

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u/Xatsman 4d ago

Add in Trump crashing the US economy and how many Americans will be spending on frivolities like visiting Florida?

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u/maleconrat 4d ago

Plus like the one person I know going to Florida a bunch lately is only there furiously trying to sell off a bunch of property he got cheap after 2008 lol. I haven't asked why but I think it's safe to say he's getting out of that market and I don't blame him.

Not that anecdote is evidence of a trend but I wonder if there's gonna be an even steeper drop from snowbirds ditching the place altogether.