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