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[–] 65 points 5 months ago (9 children)

Just hope the FIFA World Cup collapses in shameful empty stadiums... not just because of the orange pedophile but also because FIFA is corrupt to the core

I know of people desperately selling tickets at cost (which is absurdly expensive) and have not found a single bite in weeks so I very much doubt they are selling as FIFA likes to pretend.

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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Sudden vision : Next they will pay people to go and watch so they won't show the failure of empty stadions on every tv around the world.

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  • [–] [S] 42 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I live in an area with a huge number of Canadian snowbirds in a normal year. This year there are almost none.

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  • [–] 32 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    5.5% decline. Those are fucking rookie numbers, bump that shit up to 80%.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    Yeah my thoughts too, only 5.5%?! wtf world have you not seen the news, run away!

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    the news, MSMs arnt reporting it thats why, likely if people remain ignorant and its not being reported, it must not be bad to them.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Its on top of a 14% decline the previous year. so thats 1 out of every 5 people who were travelling to the US for any reason in 2024 (including business and family visits which realistically are never going to be cancelled) not going to the US in 2026.

    Thats a huge drop.

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  • [+] 28 points 5 months ago (1 child)
  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago

    Nobody wants to end up in an ICE concentration camp for not looking white American enough or speaking with a foreign accent.

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  • [–] 23 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Good. We don't deserve your money right now, and you don't deserve our bullshit.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I hope Canada never forgets that America openly voted for, and celebrated this. I hope we as a nation never trust America ever again.

    We should never trust your government, and we should never trust your population to ever do the right thing ever again. I hope this stain lingers on America forever.

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    4 million fewer international visitors ....... Foreign visitor spending also fell by more than $8 billion.

    That's $2000 per tourist. Who is willing to pay $2000 for the chance to meet ICE?

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  • [–] 19 points 5 months ago

    They don't want to end up in a choke hold for nine minutes or with speed holes in the head.

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  • [–] 18 points 5 months ago (8 children)

    Canada and mexico strangely up something like 10%

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Trump is the best thing to happen to the CDN economy in 50 years. Tourism way up, and we are severing from US industry irreversibly.

    He's the GOAT at own-goals, no wonder FIFA gave him an award.

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  • [–] 0 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    and we are severing from US industry irreversibly.

    That is an unmitigated tragedy. Different places on earth are better for making different things. Trade between people is as old and essential as civilization itself. I get why Canada is doing that right now because the US is a disaster, but let’s not pretend blowing up all relations is a good thing.

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago*

    We are making new partners worldwide and no longer trusting anyone. Canada has been fucked over by the US since Eisenhower shut down our aeronautics industry with his Conservative puppet.

    Fuck around...find out. Throw out legal trade agreements? we can now pivot to other, better markets.

    Tariffs on cars? Good. We opened up to other countries that don't just sell shitty trucks. EVs inbound from China and France. Maybe we can stop subsidizing US assembly plants in Canada with our healthcare.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago* (2 children)

    America literally has nothing Canada or any other nation needs that they can't get from another country. America is literally a resource leech that offers nothing in return.

    The world is better off without America. Congrats on your oranges or something.

    There's a particular reason America has always had a global trade deficit.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago (1 child)

    You do see how shipping produce across an ocean is an environmental tragedy, right? Again, I agree that Canada is doing the right thing given the circumstances but describing the situation like it’s a good thing is unhinged.

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  • [–] 15 points 5 months ago

    We should also be boycotting USA until they honour their treaties with the tribes.

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  • [–] 26 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    WHY is this Important part of our ECONOMY happening? JUST because there's an EXTREMELY High chance of them Ending up in Prison or Deported to a Country they've never been to all for Posting a Meme about our Dear Leader DOESNT mean they should AVOID us!

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  • [–] 12 points 5 months ago

    These stories are shared worldwide.

    Two teen German girls strip searched (that's American for sexually assaulted).

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    5.5 percent decline

    People who want to visit that cancer country have no political awareness hence these neglectable numbers.
    Like the vulgar crowd going to the tourist trap that is Dubai know nothing about what an awful backward and evil shithole the emiRats are.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    You call it boycotting the US, i call it don't want to risk getting in trouble.

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  • [–] 5 points 5 months ago

    Anyone still visiting the USA for any reason other than a life-threatening situation is an active and knowing supporter of fascism, and deserves whatever atrocities occur to them whilst there.

    Zero sympathies.

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    [–] 87 points 5 months ago

    As they should. Don't be stupid, do not come to a fascist country. You have zero protections here and everything is way too fucking expensive. Is that worth jail time? Because there's a chance the racist POS goonsquad will kidnap you.

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  • [–] 77 points 5 months ago (4 children)

    Why would I risk getting arrested and held for months for no reason, maybe even deported to a concentration camp in El Salvador, while going on holiday? I could think of other less awful destinations.

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  • [–] 34 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    pretty sure everyone is safer visiting el Salvador on their own terms then being sent by us

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  • [–] 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Yep, considering it is one of the safest countries for tourists...

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago*

    Unless I get arrested for gang related activities, as I am Dutch and might get suspected of drug deals or whatever. Often I'm picked out for extensive checks when entering a country as soon as they see my Dutch license plate or passport. We are the biggest importer of cocain in europe and we are the biggest producer of MDMA and XTC in the world. Many times I've been treated as a criminal until they found out I was not. El Salvador isn't known for the "finding out" part, they just throw you in prison without trial indefinitely. Estimates are that 1 in 5 currently incarcerated there are innocent.

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  • [–] 83 points 5 months ago (6 children)

    not a boycott.

    if McDonald's has a new CEO, and his first move is to replace the meat with literal human shit, he can't call it a boycott...

    Truth is it ia dangerous for anyone to visit the US, that isn't a boycott, it's self preservation

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  • [–] 28 points 5 months ago (5 children)

    Yeah, I agree that boycott is really not the right way to describe what's happening here

    Theyre not doing it in coordinated protest, they just dont wanna fuckin come here 😅. Can't imagine why, its like a historical reenactment, you can step back in time to when everything was worse! What a cool vacation /s

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  • [–] [S] 38 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I live in an area with a huge number of Canadian snowbirds in a normal year. This year there are almost none.

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  • [–] 33 points 5 months ago

    I'm not sure it's exactly a boycott so much as "yeah I don't want to be sent to a concentration camp"

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  • [–] 29 points 5 months ago

    It’s not just tourists. International conferences held in the US are seeing record low attendance.

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  • [–] 27 points 5 months ago

    Why would I want to visit a third world country rife with civil unrest and government sponsored domestic terrorism?

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  • [–] 52 points 5 months ago (2 children)

    Yeah who wants to end up in a concentration camp?

    And how the fuck is it only a 5.5% decline? Why are 94.5% of travelers still risking their lives?

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  • [–] 16 points 5 months ago

    I’m pretty sure anyone who visits to see family or similar is considered tourist, because they’d have a tourism visa. So the real percentage of I guess discretionary tourism is probably down much more than 5.5%.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago

    I think the earlier person had it right (discretionary vs non discretionary travel) but it's also worth noting that for most other countries, tourism is booming this year. So if everyone else rose say even 10% US tourism declined relative to everyone else at 15 or so.

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  • [–] 21 points 5 months ago* (1 child)

    I'm boycotting vacations in the United States and I'm an American. I just got back from a 4-day weekend in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Other countries deserve our vacation dollars more than ours does. Until it stops being led by children making stupid fucking decisions.

    As a joke I asked a cashier at the NSLC where the bourbon was. She laughed. She knew I was fucking with her. For those not in the know, Canada boxed up all their bourbon and sent it back in retaliation to all of Trump's bullshit with tariffs and what not.

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    asked a cashier at the NSLC where the bourbon was

    They're making some outta Vernon; but we have a thing about cross-region trade, so you'd have to grab some in Kelowna from the BCLDB.

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  • [–] 17 points 5 months ago*

    And now it's a good chance it's permanent. Twice Idiot Americans voted for this fat, bloated racist cow and honestly, tourists not visiting is only a small part of the damage and shrinkage stupid Americans have brought to the United States. Scientist are also considering leaving or not coming to the US now that's to Idiot Americans and we've had some very high profile scientists already moved to other countries and that's even more worrisome for the US.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

    I would strongly advise you, do NOT travel here. If you must, stick to major cities. If you aren't white and fluent in the American dialect of English, you may be in danger of an ICE raid even then.

    Above all, stay out of the interior. It's a different world, and you might find yourself at the mercy of some local warlord (spelled "constitutional sheriff").

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  • [–] 11 points 5 months ago

    almost like they regard it as a shithole country as Rump liked to say about others

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    I'm in the US, and I am kinda surprised that it's only a 5.5% decline.

    So essentially for every 18 tourists we used to get, now we still get 17. That seems like a lot. I'm sure we'll drive it much lower. Ugh.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    Only 5.5% 🤷 So many people are just mindless apes that’s so sad.

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  • [–] 9 points 5 months ago

    It’s incredibly expensive here, plus you have no rights as a foreigner in this country. Stay away from the US.

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  • [–] 7 points 5 months ago

    A restaurant near me has been relying on a nearby foreign exchange program, basically employing all of them.

    They are possibly going under due to lack of staff. My area has a low population. The foreign exchange students aren't coming this year. They're down to weekends only with a couple teenagers trying to keep it afloat.

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    "Trump is going to get people to respect America again." Average FL Trump cultist.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Is it really a boycott when the USA doesn't want people entering? There are too many stories about citizens of formerly allied countries that ended up in jail.

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    [–] 4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    The 10% full world cup stadiums will be hilarious

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Ah, the trumpslump.

    So. much. winning.

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  • [–] 4 points 5 months ago

    Don’t blame them at all. Hopefully it extends to the world cup, too.

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  • [–] 13 points 5 months ago

    The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.

    THE DAILY SLOP (AS I LIKE TO CALL IT) IS TOTALLY WRONG ON THIS, LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE. ALL THESE PEOPLE FROM SHITHOLE CUNTRIES WANT TO COME HERE, SO MANY THAT WE CANT KEEP THEM ALL OUT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER....

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  • [–] 3 points 5 months ago

    Why would you come here, just to get interrogated at the border, with the very real possibility that you would be denied entry, wasting your entire vacation? And that's your best case scenario.

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  • [–] 1 point 5 months ago

    This is what winning looks like

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