Meanwhile, many other countries noted an increase in the number of Canadian visitors.
This is the case of Japan, which welcomed 335,400 Canadian tourists between January and June this year, compared to 272,264 during the same period in 2024, according to data from the tourist office in this country. This represents an increase of 23 %.
Brazil recorded more than 6,500 more Canadian tourists in the first half of 2025 compared to the first six months of 2024. Their number passed during this period from 50,556 to 57,065, an increase of almost 13 %, according to figures from Visit Brazil.
Turismo de Portugal also noted an increase of 6.5 % of Canadian visitors in this country from January to May compared to the same period in 2024.
According to Statistics Canada, the number of round trips to the United States made by Canadian residents dropped by 24.2 %, while car visits fell 38.1 % (new window)Compared to May 2024. It was the fifth consecutive month of decrease from year to year.
Meanwhile, return trips from other overseas countries increased by 9.8 %.
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Mexico, my love
Closer to here in Mexico, the Canadian hotel chain established in this country, in this case Marival Group, has hosted more Canadians in its three all -inclusive hotel complexes since the start of the trade war.
This is indicated by Salvador Ramos, Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, which estimates that the hotels of the establishment welcomed 15,000 additional Canadian tourists.
He expects that this number soar when approaching the high tourist season, which begins in November.
It is a market that we love and that is close to our hearts.
Mexico continues to be a strong destination for Canadians.
Photo: provided by Marival Resorts
Expenses that explode
The other striking fact concerns the spectacular increase in expenditure linked to the trips of Canadians reserved between 1is May and July 30, 2025.
Data provided by Flight Centre Canada Show that these expenses jumped 148 % in Buenos Aires, Argentina, 137 % in Osaka, Japan, 112 % in Copenhagen, Denmark, and 101 % in Curaçao, the Caribbean.
Aruba, also in the Caribbean, also experienced a 71 % increase in travel expenses, just like Lisbon, in Portugal, with 61 %.
For its part, Prague, in the Czech Republic, recorded a 38 %increase in expenses made by Canadian tourists, Barcelona, Spain, 35 %, Dublin, Ireland, by 29 %, and CAP, in South Africa, 27 %.
Factors that guide the choices
In addition, Canadian tourists choose more destinations where they feel that they are welcome and safe.
At least that’s what Wayne SmithDirector of the Research Institute in Hotel and Tourism at the Metropolitan University of Toronto.
Canadians like to travel in general. But we also see that they are modifying their travel habits to go to places where they feel comfortable and welcome.
He notably alluded to harassment (new window) that some travelers in the United States often suffer from the immigration service.
Andrew Stafforddirector at Flight Centre Canada, In Vancouver, abounds in the same direction by saying that tensions with the United States are at the heart of customer concerns.
He also notes that flight options, promotions and exchange rate also influence the choices of destinations.
With information from Julia Wong
