New data: CA tourism plummeted in February and March, including sharp decline from Canada

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- New information released shows that California tourism took a large deed successful February and March.

Experts accidental this is successful ample portion owed to the diminution successful planetary tourists from countries similar Canada, Mexico and the U.K.

A Visit California graph shows that determination was really a 15.5% driblet from Canadians alone, but it's not conscionable tariffs and migration enforcement that has impacted the state.

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"First you person the loonie was astatine its weakest astatine the extremity of November, past you person the devastating wildfires successful Los Angeles, and past you person each this tension, the commercialized tariff tension," said Amra Durakovic of Flight Centre Travel Group, which is based retired of Toronto, Canada.

The Visit California graph shows the declines successful California non-residents visiting really started past year, past took a immense dive successful some February and March.

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ABC7 talked with tourists astatine Fisherman's Wharf Sunday; and portion they are loving California and San Francisco, they besides accidental it's precise expensive, which is simply a immense woody close now.

"I'm from Brazil and the travel is precise bully nice, I emotion San Francisco," said Marco Achado of Brazil.

"The Ghirardelli crystal pick was astonishing we did the satellite celebrated sundae and I'm not adjacent a sweets idiosyncratic and that was delicious," said Sally Newey of Oklahoma.

Those tourists besides accidental it's precise expensive, which is simply a immense woody close now.

"One dollar is 6 reals, it's a batch of wealth for us," said Marco Achado of Brazil.

"Some foods are much costly than successful Switzerland," said Sarah Schilter of Switzerland. "...We were a small shocked, we didn't ideate this."

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ABC7 spoke with 2 antithetic groups of Canadians, who were hesitant to talk connected camera implicit fears that it could make problems for them going done customs. One told america had they not already booked their travel to San Francisco, they astir apt wouldn't person come.

That said, determination is hope.

"A 3 period play from November 2024 until January 2025, we saw a 20% cancellation complaint of Canada to US preexisting bookings," said Durakovic. "However we haven't seen galore cancellations since then. In February determination was a 10% alteration successful firm bookings from Canada to the US, but that spread narrowed successful March to lone 1% and we're really trending a small upwards close present successful April."

With a California absorption present connected getting Canadians back, there's a anticipation that inclination continues.

You tin find much accusation connected the information that Visit California released here.