Tourists FROM your country

[isakres]

It seems nobody cares about Canada in Northamerica lol.

#forever alone.

[Aquarius]

Spain 2010

France 2,786,000
Portugal 1,557,000
Italia 1,475,000
UK 948,000
Morocco 880,000
Germany 788,000
Andorra 641,000
Th Netherlands 481,000
USA 332,000
Romania 324,000
Belgium 241,000
Switzerland 155,000

Top circle: Number of days by country
Bottom circle: Total overnights

[niko.athens.greece]

Originally Posted by WeimieLvr

Ciudad Juarez and El Paso
San Diego and Tijuana

You probably mean between the U.S. and Canada...I think there are some along the borders in upstate NY and New England, like Buffalo and Toronto, but they probably aren't as close together or as large. Seattle and Vancouver are pretty close as well.

Actually, if you were to look at the map closely, the majority of Canadian cities lay within 200 miles of the border. From West to East, Vancouver is the largest metro area on the border. Vancouver and the suburbs go from the North Shore Mountains / Squamish down to the border. From downtown Vancouver, the border is a mere half hour a way. White Rock, Surrey, Abbotsford, Langley, Tsawassen etc. are all in metro Vancouver and cradle the border. If there was no border, Bellingham would be closer to Vancouver than many of the more eastern parts of the Greater Vancouver area. Calgary isn't that far, but certainly not a border city nor is Regina, but Winnipeg is very close as is Montreal. As for Toronto, it is 1.5 hrs from the Falls but Niagara Falls is a border city with Niagara Falls and Buffalo right across from it. Windsor and Detroit are one metro area with the border now evident more than ever due to 9-11. If any two countries were to have lax laws when it comes to borders I cannot think of two countries more close to one another than the two siblings; children of a common mother. Yet, it is in Europe, with a rich history, if not the richest [at least in the western world] that took the initiative to open up their borders. You are always going to have those that abuse a system, but most people would go about doing things as they normally would have done so. The border would not do anything to deter their behavior. I know for a fact, that every border I have ever crossed, I crossed it the same way every single time. Of course, farther east of Montreal, tens of towns and cities are close to the border. The border has always been of importance to border states and provinces. The tightening of this border should have been reconsidered by looking at other ways to protect the border and the security of both nationals in both countries. Fences may make good neighbors, but walls whether visible or not can destroy even the strongest of relationships. As a dual citizen of both countries, it upsets me to think that back home I can't drive back and forth at ease and here in Europe I can go throughout the European Union without a passport but I'd need one to go through Blaine and Pt. Roberts.

[diablo234]

Originally Posted by isaidso

I'm a bit surprised that Canada isn't in 2nd after the US. Mexican-Canadian ties have been historically very weak, but I still expected geography to bump Canada to 2nd.

Canada requires Mexican citizens to have a visa first before arriving in Canada, which probably expains why more Mexican tourists don't visit Canada as much in comparison with the US or other Latin American countries.



Also not to mention that you have other countries nearby such as Guatemala, which is much cheaper to visit for Mexicans overall and they don't have any visa restrictions for Mexican citizens visiting that country.

[isaidso]

That's true. The visa restrictions on Mexicans caused quite a bit of stink up here actually. It smacked of discrimination and not the type of message we wanted to send, especially to a close American country like Mexico.