Visitors from Canada drop from last year according to border data [Video]

U.S. Customs and Border Protection records the number of vehicles and travelers coming into the state. Numbers from April show a significant decrease in travel across the Northern Border compared to last year.In 2024, 125,857 different passenger vehicles entered the state. Compared to this year, only 79,901 cars crossed the border, making for a 36.5% decrease in passenger vehicle traffic entering the state.The concern over this year’s summer season comes amid ongoing trade conflicts between the U.S. and Canada, and comments from President Donald Trump suggesting Canada would be “much better off a 51st state.” Canadian officials have suggested a tourism boycott of the U.S.However, it’s not clear to businesses in Kennebunkport if the numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection signify a boycott is happening.Dinorah Spalding has owned Shoot the Moon Gallery in Dock Square for more than thirty years. She says some visitors from Canada come to Maine …