PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • May 13, 2025
In the first three months since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, 166,000 fewer travelers came into Maine from Canada, a decline of 26% over the same period in 2024. If that trend — or anything close to it — continues into the late spring and summer, the state’s signature tourism season could be imperiled. Data released this week by U.S. Customs and Border Protection suggests Canadians are making good on their threats to boycott Maine and other border states in protest of Trump’s trade policies and his continued rhetoric about making Canada the 51st state.