Posted AT 3:01 PM EDT on 17/08/06
Americans staying away in droves
American visits to Canada have sunk to a record low, a government report showed Thursday.
The number of same-day U.S. travellers to Canada hit the lowest since record keeping started in 1972, Statistics Canada said. Visits from the U.S. are 7.4 per cent lower than they were a year ago.
Nor is this trend a one-month blip. In the first half of the year, visits from the U.S. hit a record low amid high gas prices, perceived hassles at the border and a strong Canadian dollar.
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