Quebecers still pouring into the United States for annual holidays
MONTREAL — As more than 125,000 construction workers in Quebec get ready to lay down tools for their annual two-week vacation, there appears to be little anecdotal evidence of any systemic boycott of the United States as a travel destination.
In Vermont, Maine and the Virginia Beach area — three popular spots for Quebecers — holiday cancellations related to possible anti-American sentiment are few and far between.
“We called our members and partners last week to see if that were the case and we can’t say there is any particular tendency,” Jacinthe Pare, who works for Virginia Beach’s tourism office and helps vacationing Quebecers, told The Canadian Press.
Industry spokespeople who were consulted say the unfavourable exchange rate for Canadians — the dollar is trading at about 75 cents US — is the main factor in people’s decision whether to go to the United States.