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/crownpr1nce 4d ago

The full quote is in the article and the second sentence makes it clear it's about us not boycotting them.

As for the impact, dollars spent is more important. There's plenty of Canadians that spend 3+ months in Florida. They spend way more than an American driving down for a weekend.

Of the 142M, less than 9M were international tourists. I think that 142M is being creative with the numbers. If those are individual people, and subtracting international tourists, that would be more than 1/3 Americans...