US-Canada border traffic plummets with new passport policy
Posted September 9, 2009, 12:12P |
Contributed by Jeff
The number of people crossing the northern and southern land borders into the USA has dropped sharply since a passport requirement began June 1. At Martin's Fantasy Island, about 10 minutes from the Canadian border, "our Canadian business is way off," spokesman Mike McGuire says. Nearly one-third fewer Canadian families of four have come for discounted "Canadian Wednesdays" compared with last year, he says.
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