Manitobans staying home, but U.S. travellers continue to visit – Winnipeg [Video]

While the ongoing trade war between the United States and Canada has led to many Manitobans eschewing trips down south in favour of local sightseeing, that’s not necessarily the case in the other direction.

Travel Manitoba says U.S. visitors to the province seem undeterred by the tension over tariffs and continue to cross the border in large numbers.

“We have a lot of Americans that come into Canada, and particularly into Manitoba, for world-class fishing, they come to see polar bears in the wild, they come to see beluga whales in the wild,” Travel Manitoba’s Colin Ferguson told 680 CJOB’s The Start.

“There’s no better place on the planet to view those, and our northern lights are as good as it gets anywhere on the planet.”

Ferguson said Manitoba has yet to see a dip in American travellers, who typically make up about four per cent of visitors to the province and …