Hooting owls. Crackling campfires. Canadian accents.

All are common sounds at New Hampshire campgrounds in a typical summer.

But this year, the campgrounds will likely sound a little different.

According to the state’s Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, reservations at state-run campgrounds through the first five months of 2025 show bookings by people with Canadian addresses are down more than 71% compared to the same period last year — from more than 1,000 reservations in 2024 to fewer than 300 this year.

The slide is just one component of a broader decrease in cross-border economic activity that has much of New Hampshire's tourism industry anxious heading into summer. Many Canadians continue to boycott all-things American, fueled by President Trump’s oft-expressed wish to

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