Canadian tourism in Maine continues to drop
For the third year in a row, Canadian tourism in Maine dropped, with 4.1 million of our northerly neighbors visiting Vacationland in 2015, down from the 5.5 million in 2013.
The falling number of Canadian tourists has had an effect on the Old Orchard Beach-based motel Richards by the Sea, where owner Lisa Gribbin told the Portland Press Herald that business is down 15% this year.
“I’ve got some holes in my calendar this year where in the past there was none,” Gribbin told the Press Herald. “It’s not just me. It’s up and down the coast. The Canadians are still coming, but not as many of them as in years past, not for as long and they’re not spending as much once they get here.”
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