Mexico is experiencing an unprecedented boom in Canadian tourism. An 11.8 percent increase in the number of Canadian residents traveling to the country is estimated during the first two months of 2025, compared to the previous year, according to The Globe and Mail.
The Canadian newspaper tells a story. It says that for the past three years, Don Armitage and his wife have spent the month of March in Florida. But this year, political tensions and a very low exchange rate made the trip south stressful. “I was very nervous about coming and almost decided to assume the cost of prepaid accommodation,” Armitage said.
He and his wife have decided not to return to Florida next year. They opted for Lake Chapala in northern Mexico.
In addition to the 11.8 percent increase in trips to Mexico, Canadians moved sharply (29.7 percent) to Japan. And Portugal saw an 11.3 percent year-over-year increase in the number of Canadian travelers and a 6.4 percent increase in overnight stays from January to March of this year, compared to the same period last year.
The Globe and Mail reports that the Conference Board of Canada’s April travel intentions survey showed that only 27 percent of Canadians surveyed are considering traveling to the United States in the coming years, down from 50 percent in the same study last year.
