2 weeks Ago By Ari Yanover
About 68 per cent of Albertans say the recent U.S. tariffs have influenced their decision to travel to or through the U.
S., according to a new survey. Almost half — 48 per cent — of Albertans surveyed for casino.
org have delayed or cancelled their trip to the U.S., while 37 per cent have changed their destination entirely.
And 85 per cent said they are avoiding U.S. layovers for upcoming international trips.
The nationwide prolific.com survey looked at 2,000 Canadian residents, with an average age of 40. The numbers suggest the majority of Canadians are actually thinking about making those itinerary changes or are already doing those changes regarding their travel.
“I think it’s a strong statement to make as well, if they’re going to be changing trips this last minute before the summer happens,” said Rhiannon O’Donohoe, digital public relations lead for casino.org . When she heard a report that numbers were down for Canadians travelling to the U.
S., O’Donohoe wanted to explore the roller-coaster news cycle of tariff wars initiated by U.S.
President Donald Trump. Other options Holding both Canadian and American citizenship, O’Donohoe finds the current batches of data fascinating. “I was just actually recently in Brazil, and I met some Canadians travelling at the same time, and they told me when they came down there, they purposely avoided layovers in the U.
S. and chose not to fly U.S.
airlines, which kind of really shocked me, because then I was like, ‘Oh, there’s no way everybody’s thinking about that or the majority is thinking about that.’ “I was kind of shocked, but it does confirm what I’ve heard informally,” O’Donohoe said. Top international destinations cited among those surveyed were Mexico, Italy, Japan, France, and Singapore.
“I think that Canadians are feeling a certain type of way towards the U.S. right now, and for them to even be considering changing or cancelling plans, let alone actually go through with changing their entire summer travel plans this late in spring and with summer almost being here, basically, they’re willing to make that cost financially just to support their moral thoughts on the U.
S. or Canada and maybe make a statement that way,” she said. Boos of protest Additionally, in a separate survey, the organization surveyed 2,000 Canadian sports fans to understand their motivations for booing the U.
S. national anthem — and how different fan bases feel about it. The pollsters concluded Canadian sports fans are divided, with 53 per cent responding they strongly support the booing, while 75 per cent believe it’s a “warranted form of protest.
” About a third — 31 per cent — of Canadian sports fans surveyed would boo U.S. teams at every opportunity possible.
Three-quarters of those surveyed — 76 per cent — feel more proud to be Canadian because of the booing. Calgary Flames and Ottawa Senators fans are the most in favour of anthem booing at 63 per cent, while Toronto Raptors fans were the least in favour at just under half or 47 per cent. RelatedAlberta kicks off 'buy local' campaignEdmonton homebuyers continue to surge against national trend, province hurries to keep up with demand Bookmark our website and support our journalism: Don’t miss the news you need to know — add EdmontonJournal.
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