In a time of geopolitical unrest, CAA says Canadians are choosing their travel destinations wisely.

Terry Kaszas is CAA’s General Manager of Travel. He says Canadians are avoiding hotspot areas like eastern Europe, the Middle East, and the United States.

“When all of this geopolitical stuff, tariff talk started taking place, people started looking at avoiding the U.S. and looking more broadly around the world.”

He says Canadian travel to the U.S. has dropped about 25 per cent compared to a year and a half ago. He says that figure was starting to repair itself in recent months, until the U.S. got involved in the war in Iran.

Because of this, domestic travel has seen a significant uptick, especially when looking at trips to the east and west coasts.

“People are exploring their country more. There’s no currency fluctuation. We know what we’re paying for. We know what we’re getting here.”

Kaszas adds that despite the cartel-inflicted turmoil that briefly grappled Mexico, Canadian travel to the holiday destination didn’t waiver very much.

“It was so short of a time period. I was actually in Mexico during that. I wasn’t in Porta Vallarta. I was a little bit south inn Ixtapa, and things shut down there for about a day and a half.”