The province’s tourism industry wants to capitalize on a decline in the number of Manitobans and Canadians travelling to the U.S. amid Donald Trump’s trade war.
New numbers show fewer travellers drove through land border crossings in February compared to the same month last year.
“Typically we go to Detroit Lakes [Minnesota] probably once a year,” said Rudy Giesbrecht, a Manitoban who’s decided to shake up his travel plans. “There’s a place down there that we really, really like to go to, but no, we’re not going this year.”
Giesbrecht and his wife, Cheryl, said they’re cancelling their annual vacation because of the tariffs imposed by the U.S. president and his views on Canada.
“For now, we just really don’t want to be down there,” Cheryl…
