A national travel association in the United States says spending by visiting tourists is projected to fall to just 80 per cent of pre-pandemic levels this year, a drop of $5.7 billion from last year. And Canada is a big part of the reason.

“Total inbound travel spending is forecast to fall 3.2 per cent to $173 billion for the year,” the U.S. Travel Association says in its latest travel forecast . “Significantly fewer visits from Canada are the primary driver of this decrease, and the volume of visits from countries other than Canada are expected to be flat,” it adds.

According to the association’s numbers, last year saw 20.2 million Canadians visit the United States, down slightly from 20.5 million the year before, but an increase from the previous three years, during which the pandemi

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