Abuses and racial hatred in the US do not stop Mexican tourism

Donald Trump’s grievances have not stopped Mexican tourism. The most recent figures from the National Travel and Tourism Office show an increase in the last year. The opposite is happening with the Canadians, who have stopped going to the American Union, a situation that is in line with the disagreement they have expressed towards the US President.

Mexico City, October 31 (However).– The policies and hate speech of Donald Trump toward Mexico y Canada have not been echoed in the visits of Mexicans received in the last year by the USA and on the contrary, they have led to a refusal by Canadians to travel to this country, as demonstrated by the figures from the US Government.

According to monthly data from the International Visitor Arrivals Program prepared by the National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO), in the first seven months of 2025 there were 11.66 percent more Mexicans who traveled to the US than in the same period of 2024.

In fact, in July 2025, the last figure available, the number of Mexicans who went to the American Union amounted to 1 million 593 thousand 931, the second highest number since January when Donald Trump took office; That month 1 million 677 thousand 399 Mexicans went to that country. If we compare the number of visits that took place in July 2024, the increase is 7.36 percent; and 15.85 percent in June compared to July of this year.

Last Tuesday, in his most recent attack on Mexico, Trump revoked the approval of 13 Mexican airline routes to the United States. The order, issued by the Department of Transportation (DOT), will suspend all combined services between the United States and Felipe Ángeles International Airport (AIFA) and freezes any new or expanded routes.

“We do not agree with this decision of the Ministry of Transportation. It could be that there is a political interest,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said in response a day later. “The AIFA is working correctly and there is no reason to limit flights to the United States.”

Even though he has maintained a cordial relationship with President Sheinbaum, the American Donald Trump has maintained that the cartels rule the country while seeking greater intervention to combat these criminal groups that are already considered terrorist organizations in the United States. Mexico’s response has been to reject any progress in that regard.

Within the United States, Trump has carried out a hunt for migrants, many of them Mexicans with years of work and history in that country. This year alone, 10 Mexicans have died in the custody of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Service (ICE), as reported on October 25 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE).

The same figures from the Foreign Ministry show how from January 20, when Trump took office, to October 23 of this year, 116,320 Mexicans have been repatriated from the United States. In that same period, 169 ICE operations have been carried out, in which 2,382 Mexicans have been detained.

Canadians stop going to the US

The opposite has happened with Canada.

In the first seven months of 2025, visits from Canadians fell 19.91 percent, going from 11 million 892 thousand 894 from January to July 2024 to 9 million 524 thousand 468 in the same period, but this year. In a comparison of July 2024 with this year, the drop was 31.13 percent.

The collapse in visits from Canada to the United States can be explained in part by the nationalist feelings generated by Donald Trump’s mockery and insults towards that country. Last March, a survey by The Globe and Mail found that 90 per cent of Canadians said their opinion of the United States had worsened in the last year. And when asked to describe their feelings, the top two responses by far were pessimism and anger.

According to updated figures from Statistics Canada, Canadian travelers continue to avoid traveling to the United States, and have already recorded eight consecutive months of decline in the number of return trips.

The data cited by Global News Canada shows that August saw a 29.7 percent drop in the number of Canadian residents returning from trips to the US. compared to the previous year, after July recorded a 32.4 percent drop.

In the same way, it is explained how of the little more than 2.8 million round trips made from the US, about 2.2 million were made by car, which represents a decrease of 32.6 percent.

The agency also indicates that more than half (57.6 percent) were same-day trips. Meanwhile, 608,800 return trips from the US. made by Canadians were made by plane, which represented a 17 percent decrease compared to the previous year.

Trump’s tariff policies have sparked a trade war that has led Canada to rethink its relations with the United States. On Thursday of last week, Trump ended negotiations with Canada over high tariffs it imposed on its steel, auto parts and other major exports, adding new uncertainty to the relationship with the United States’ second largest trading partner.

Trump has also repeated the idea that Canada should become the “51st state” as a way to avoid tariffs. In response, Prime Minister Mark Carney has fueled a new wave of patriotism that has led most Canadians to say they avoid traveling to or buying American products, according to several polls conducted by Ipsos for Global News.

The New York Times cites this week the most recent study of Canadians by Longwoods International, a market research firm that works with the travel industry, which revealed that 63 per cent of frequent travelers said they were less likely to travel to the United States, most citing tariffs and political statements by American leaders.

A slight majority of respondents stated that they no longer perceived the United States as “a place where I would feel welcome” or “a safe place to visit.” They also took issue with the statement that “international travelers are valued there” and that the country is “welcoming to travelers from diverse backgrounds.”