Canadians, stung by Trump's tariffs and rhetoric, balk at U.S. travel
Right on the U.S.-Canadian border, Corey Fram's tourism marketing job has gotten a lot harder of late.
Fram is director of the 1000 Islands International Tourism Council, which promotes a nature destination with castles, cruises, hikes and fishing enjoyed by Canadians and Americans. But he says U.S. President Donald Trump's continuous disparagement of Canada is taking a toll.
"We have had to switch gears a bit," Fram said from his office near the 1,800 tiny scenic islands that dot the St. Lawrence River framed by New York state and Ontario province.
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