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Travel to Canada hits record low

The Canadian Press

OTTAWA — Travel to Canada hit a record low for the fifth straight month in March, following big declines in both same-day car trips from the United States and the number of visitors from overseas nations. Statistics Canada reports foreign visitors made 2.3 million trips to Canada in March, the lowest since record keeping started in 1972. That's a one per cent decline from February, and a 12.4 per cent drop from a year earlier.

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