• Air Canada cancels 5 more routes to U.S. destinations for 2027

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-10-22 15:44:44.0
  Tags: [National, Trade, Transportation, Tourism]

  Air Canada announced the cancellation of five direct flight routes between Canada and the United States for 2027 due to weaker travel demand and ongoing geopolitical and economic tensions. The affected routes include Montreal-Seattle, Vancouver-Nashville, Vancouver-Raleigh-Durham, Toronto Billy Bishop-Boston, and Toronto Pearson-Charleston, marking the complete elimination of Air Canada's direct service to South Carolina. This decline in cross-border air travel follows repeated tariff threats and annexation rhetoric from U.S. President Donald Trump, which led to a 65 per cent drop in Canadian trips to destinations like Myrtle Beach according to University of Toronto data, alongside broader schedule reductions by carriers including WestJet and Air Transat.

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• Canadians are still boycotting Las Vegas. The Sin City slump is now a major election issue

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-10-13 08:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Trade, Tourism, Economy]

  Canadian travel and tourism to Las Vegas has sharply declined amid U.S. President Donald Trump's trade policies, tariff disputes, and critical rhetoric directed at Canada, with Canadian visits dropping by 17.4 per cent in the previous year and contributing to a 7.5 per cent drop in overall city visitors. The resulting economic slump and drop in international visitors have directly impacted local hospitality businesses, casino revenues, and employment, becoming a major political talking point in Nevada's midterm elections and close congressional races. Local tourism executives, such as MGM Resorts CEO Bill Hornbuckle and Caesars Resorts CEO Tom Reeg, alongside the Culinary Workers Union Local 226 representing 60,000 hospitality workers, point to the Canadian consumer boycott as a primary driver of weak demand and declining shift hours for workers.

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• Outfitters warn any N.B. ban on American hunters and anglers would devastate industry

  Source: New Brunswick - Regional News
  Date: 2026-09-23 16:28:53.0
  Tags: [New Brunswick, Trade, Tourism, Economy, Industry]

  Industry groups, including the United Guides and Outfitters of New Brunswick and the Canadian Federation of Outfitter Associations, are lobbying New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt to scrap a proposed retaliatory trade measure against American tariffs that would ban U.S. citizens from obtaining provincial hunting and fishing licences. Outfitters warn the ban would devastate the regional tourism and outdoor recreation sector, noting that approximately 85 per cent of their clients originate from the United States. According to a Canadian Federation of Outfitter Associations study, foreign clients accounted for $7.3 million out of the $8.9 million spent by outfitters' clients in New Brunswick in 2017.

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• Canada’s Mexico visa requirements limit country’s tourism potential, says tour operator

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-23 13:11:18.0
  Tags: [National, Tourism, Immigration, Trade]

  Federal Tourism Minister Rechie Valdez attended a Destination Canada business-to-business event in Mexico City, where tour operators like Jesus Martinez of Dream Destinations Mexico and Darlene Fedoroshyn of Travel Alberta noted that Canada's visa requirements—reimposed by the federal government in the winter of 2024—continue to limit Canada's full tourism potential. Despite these visa constraints, the Canadian government projects Mexican visitor numbers to rise by 40 percent over the next four years to nearly half a million visitors spending approximately $1 billion annually by 2030. While provincial marketing agencies like Travel Alberta advocate for simplified entry barriers to capture a potential market of one million annual visitors from Mexico, Minister Valdez declined to state whether the federal government would rescind the visa requirement.

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• BC Business House bringing long-lasting economic benefits after World Cup

  Source: British Columbia - Government News
  Date: 2026-09-09 19:45:00.0
  Tags: [British Columbia, Economy, Trade, Tourism, Industry, Technology]

  The Government of British Columbia hosted the BC Business House during the FIFA World Cup 2026 matches at BC Place in Vancouver, welcoming over 2,300 attendees from 25 countries to build international trade and investment relations. The initiative, part of the Province's Look West strategy, featured 22 business-related sector showcase events covering technology, life sciences, mining, energy, agriculture, food processing, and tourism. Survey results indicated that 91.5% of attendees rated the experience positively and 81.2% reported successfully establishing new business connections. Delegations and business representatives from organizations such as the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, AI Network of BC, Simon Fraser University, Invest Vancouver, and CNANO Pharmaceuticals participated in the economic development programming.

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• As Canada-U.S. relations sour, border towns of upstate New York fear damage will be permanent

  Source: CBC Politics
  Date: 2026-09-05 08:00:00.0
  Tags: [National, Ontario, Trade, Economy, Tourism]

  As Canada-U.S. relations sour due to ongoing tariff disputes and U.S. President Donald Trump's unilateral decision to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America," border communities in upstate New York are reporting severe economic fallout. The Ogdensburg Bridge and Port Authority reported a 23 per cent decline in Canadian cross-border traffic volume in 2025 compared to 2024, resulting in a 35 per cent drop in toll revenue, or approximately $536,000 in lost revenue. Local tourism, small business operators, and municipal leaders in regions like Sackets Harbor, Ogdensburg, and the Thousand Islands warn that these deteriorating diplomatic and economic conditions risk causing permanent structural damage to long-standing cross-border ties.

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• Danielle Smith says Tennessee trip isn’t sending wrong message during trade war

  Source: Alberta - Provincial Politics
  Date: 2026-09-01 22:49:45.0
  Tags: [Alberta, Trade, Tourism, Economy]

  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith defended an upcoming personal trip to Nashville, Tennessee, amid an ongoing trade war between Canada and the United States, stating that diplomacy and maintaining cross-border relationships remain core responsibilities. Despite the personal nature of the travel, Premier Smith's office confirmed she will meet with state tourism officials and the head of the Nashville chamber of commerce. Accompanied by Alberta's senior representative to the United States, Nathan Cooper, Smith aims to gather municipal development insights to advance Calgary's long-standing strategic ambition to position itself as 'Nashville North' and expand Alberta's tourism and music industry partnerships.

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