The staycation goes Canada-wide: Scrapped U.S. trips could be a domestic boon

Many Canadians rebooking trips in Canada after cancelling trips to the U.S.

A Kentucky bus tour. A five-day cruise to Alaska. A multi-state road trip, already postponed once by COVID-19.

These are just a handful of the trips to the U.S. that Canadian residents have cancelled in recent weeks — costing hundreds or even thousands of dollars — to spend their time and money exploring Canada instead.

"With everything going on in the United States at the moment, it doesn't sit well with me to be putting our hard-earned money into their economy," Michelle Gardner, a B.C. resident who recently cancelled a U.S. spring break trip, told CBC News.

"In the next four years, we will be looking at spending our money here and exploring all that Canada has to offer."

The "Buy Canadian" movement is growing in popularity, in the wake of U.S. President Donald Trump placing massive U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods and repeatedly threatening to annex Canada. Provinces and territories are seeing increased interest from Canadian tourists — and they're looking to capitalize on that momentum.

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