Will Canadian tourists cancel their trips to the Jersey shore amid tensions with U.S.? [Video]

WILDWOOD, N.J. (WPVI) — At the Quebec Hotel in Wildwood, New Jersey, staff members are already preparing for summer.

And fittingly, every summer they tend to see the same faces from our neighbors to the north.

“The Canadians are great visitors. Very polite,” said owner Lester Katsanis. “It makes the Wildwoods seem more cosmopolitan!”

But a trade war looms between the U.S. and Canada.

President Donald Trump said this week the previously suspended tariffs will go into effect next month. And now there are concerns that the contingent from Canada may be smaller this year at the Jersey Shore.

“I know Canadians get two weeks off paid per year, which is nice. We would love for them to spend that two weeks here,” said Joy Kostas, the rental manager at Coastal Elite Realty in Wildwood.

She says two Canadian renters recently canceled their summer vacation here.

“It was kind of shocking, actually,” said Kostas. …