Posted on 12/31/2016 12:26:18 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Toronto, Dec 31 (IBNS): A new poll by Probe Research and the Winnipeg Free Press shows about 29 percent of Manitobans, will avoid travel to the United States after Trump is sworn in as president on Jan. 20, 2017, media reports said.
Nearly a third of Manitobans which was about 200,000 people wanted to stay away from U.S. President Donald Trump, according to the poll.
"200,000 people, if they were all to follow through on that, that would have a very large impact on the travel, tourism and hospitality businesses," Scott MacKay, president of Winnipeg-based Probe Research Inc. said.
This province-wide survey was designed and conducted by Probe Research via telephone interviews taken between Nov. 29, 2016 and Dec. 11, 2016 among a random selection representing a sample of 1,000 adults living in Manitoba.
MacKay said that with a sample of 1,000 there could be 95 percent certainty that the results within ± 3.1 percentage points represented the entire adult population of Manitoba being interviewed.
More women than men said they wanted to avoid traveling to the U.S. under Trump. Nearly half, or 49 percent, of middle-aged women (aged 35 to 54) surveyed said they were now less likely to travel to the U.S.
That demographic is an important factor for businesses that rely on cross-border shoppers, said Barry Wilfahrt, president of the Grand Forks and East Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce.
The metropolitan region spans the border of Minnesota and North Dakota and is located about 230 kilometres south of Winnipeg.
About 20 percent of overall retail sales and between a quarter and one-third of all hotel business in Grand Forks is represented by Canadians, according to the chamber.
"Anything that could potentially adversely affect the Canadian travel to the United States, particularly to Grand Forks, it's obviously a concern to us," said Wilfahrt.
More affluent population of South Winnipeg which were most likely to travel to the States are deterred by the thought of Donald Trump, said MacKay
For instance, 62 percent of those who said they were less likely to travel to the States under a Trump administration earn $ 60,000 or more a year.
"They are people who are a little more affluent, they come from places like South Winnipeg and other places that tend to go down to Fargo and Grand Forks a lot to visit," he said. "That's going to have some kind of implications for the U.S. and travel and tourism."
Although pollsters didn't look outside Manitoba to see people’s sentiments were across the country, MacKay said that Manitoba could represent Canada because it is very often the average place in Canada.
"Canadians seek value and they seek selection and that's what we offer in Grand Forks," said Barry Wilfahrt, Chief Executive Officer at The Chamber - Grand Forks/East Grand Forks.
"I know we do a lot of cross-border shopping just because of our proximity to the border but there are many places in Canada that are like that."
Wilfahrt said he believed after Canadians got used to President Trump they will resume their annual visits to towns like Grand Forks, which were close to the border.
"This election is maybe a little bit more polarizing than it's been in the past but I expect that once President Trump's first 100 days are over it will be business as usual," the Chamber of Commerce president said.
"At the end of the day, Canadians seek value and they seek selection and that's what we offer in Grand Forks…. That's why they'll continue to come down here."
Meanwhile, 62 percent of those surveyed said Trump's election will have zero effect on their travel habits, while four percent said they were more likely to visit. Five percent were unsure.
Surprisingly, a Mainstreet/Postmedia poll conducted during the U.S. election between Nov. 5 and Nov. 6, 2016 found that Manitoba supported Trump more than any other province, CBC reports said.
Only 28 percent of people surveyed in Manitoba said they would vote for the Republican candidate Hillary Clinton.
Hubby is NF born and raised, but has spent the last 56 yrs living elsewhere, joined the Navy at 18. He goes back to visit his 90 yr old brother and younger sister they live in small towns outside the area. His aunt before her death lived in Canada about 30 miles over the border. Which is why I know about the endless lines coming from Canada to the US every weekend trying to beat their high prices.
If you want to see the pretty side of NF you go to Canada, it’s plain Jane on the US side. But be prepared to pay a LOT more.
I lived in Saint Martin and Biloxi several times since 2001 and was in Katrina.
Then you know my area - was in Ocean Springs (the county) until Gautier annexed us. Live south of Old Spanish Trail a mile or so East of where 57 dead ends (or used to before they put in the new high school and added some roads) at Old Spanish Trail. Katrina put 13” in the house and we we some of the more fortunate.
I dated a teacher who worked at Ocean Springs High School prior to Katrina. Back then I was doing mortgages.
Plus they don’t tip.
I bartended for a long while in Grand Forks, N.D., just south of Winnipeg.
Buncha loud rude ill-dressed hosers who can’t hold their drink.
Plus they don’t tip.
Teachers are different here than in many States - more prone to be patriotic, and not afraid to acknowledge God?Christ....
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