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It’s not just Canadian tourists snubbing U.S. cities. Business leaders are cancelling more trips to America as geopolitical tensions continue
['Sasha Rogelberg']
Fortune | FORTUNE
New data unveils an even sharper drop-off in Canadian travelers to the U.S., and it’s not just tourists snubbing American cities—it’s business leaders as well.
Dallas saw a nearly 50% year-over-year drop in Canadian visitors, and Grand Rapids saw a 53% drop.
Chapple sees the loss of business travelers as even costlier than tourists.
Business travel represents about 20% of total travel to the U.S., but accounts to about 60% of air and lodging revenue, according to the U.S. Travel Association.
Still, Chapple warned, fewer Canadian visitors in the long run could be a harbinger of more economic pullback from one of the U.S.’s key historical allies.