加拿大前总理贾斯廷·特鲁多表示，美国总统唐纳德·特朗普的移民和边境政策让加拿大人首次前往美国时感到不安，这种担忧也反映在旅游数据中。
US President Donald Trump’s immigration and border policies make Canadians uneasy about traveling to the US for the first time, a concern reflected in tourism figures, former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.
特鲁多在周五于马耳他首都瓦莱塔举行的世界旅行与旅游理事会（WTTC）第26届全球峰会开幕式上表示，许多加拿大人首次对跨越边境感到“担忧”。
Trudeau, speaking at the opening session on Friday of the World Travel & Tourism Council’s (WTTC) 26th Global Summit held in the Maltese capital of Valletta, stated that for the first time, many Canadians are “worried” about crossing the border.
他说：“过去几年，美国并没有很好地让旅客感到欢迎，无论是边境管控的加强，还是担心在边境被逮捕后可能遭遇的情况。几十年来，几代加拿大人与美国人频繁往来于我们共享的边境——这是世界上最长且未军事化的边境——这几乎成了我们习以为常的事情，而家庭、个人和商务之间的联系也一直非常紧密和牢固。”
“In the past number of years, the US hasn’t been very good at making travelers feel welcome, whether it’s the thickening of the borders, the worries about what can happen if you get arrested at the border,” he said. “Because, for decades, generations, Canadians and Americans criss-crossing our shared border, the longest unmilitarized border in the world, has been something we almost took for granted, and the family, personal, and business connections have been huge and strong.”
特鲁多指出，真正的问题在于华盛顿对加拿大的态度，尤其是“总统表现出的那种不尊重，称加拿大不是一个真正的国家”。
Trudeau stated that the real issue is Washington’s attitude towards Canada, particularly “this disrespect that the president has shown, in terms of saying it’s not a real country.”
他说：“首先，我认为有必要理解，有些政府关系融洽，有些则不然，这就是现实。从民众的感受来看，即使我们在与美国面临困难时，也没有对美国人实施惩罚、提高价格或增加他们前往美国的旅行难度。”这位前总理还提到，前往美国的加拿大人数量下降了20%以上，为了弥补这一损失，美国旅行社、航空公司和酒店降低了价格，但并未改变加拿大人的旅行偏好。
“I think, first of all, (it’s important to) understand that some governments get along, some governments don't get along, and that's the reality,” he said. “Looking at what, how people are feeling — like, even when we were facing difficulties with the United States, we didn't impose penalties or raise prices or make it more difficult for people to travel to the United States, for example.”The former prime minister noted that the number of Canadians traveling to the US declined by more than 20% and that, to compensate, American tour operators, airlines, and hotels lowered their prices, but to no avail in changing Canadians' travel preferences.
“在佛罗里达、亚利桑那这样的地方，甚至包括缅因州等邻近地区，（他们）正前来向加拿大人传达这样的信息：‘没关系，我们仍然喜欢你们，请回来吧。’我们知道加拿大人仍然喜欢美国人，美国人仍然喜欢加拿大人，但政府之间的冲突以及美国政府的无礼态度，让加拿大人开始说：‘好吧，那我们还是看看其他地方吧。’这确实是一个非常重要的转变，也揭示了一个关键问题：一个国家的氛围以及人们是否感到受欢迎，对旅游业而言至关重要，”他说道。
“At places like Florida, Arizona, even nearby places like Maine or elsewhere, (they’re) coming to tell Canadians, ‘it’s okay, we still like you, Please come back’ — we know Canadians still like Americans, Americans still like Canadians, but conflict between governments and disrespect from the US government has caused Canadians to say, ‘Okay, let's look at other places to go,’ and that has been a really important shift, but also a telling one, that how the mood of a country, how people are made to feel welcome, is an extremely important part of tourism,” he said.
他回忆说，由于游客对进入美国心存犹豫，北美世界杯的早期预订因此受到了影响。
He recalled that early bookings for the North American World Cup were affected because travelers felt hesitant about entering the US.
“如今，美国实际上非常成功地欢迎了来自世界各地的许多人，他们在这里体验了探索北美的奇妙之旅，也发现了美国人的友善与美好。但与此同时，在世界杯举办前夕，我们注意到预订量有所下降，人们担心前往美国，不确定是否还要去那里，甚至一度有人担忧赛事可能不会取得巨大成功。最终它确实取得了成功，但各国需要表现得更加一致。如果希望吸引旅游收入，就必须展现出对世界开放的态度，而这正是加拿大一直以来做得很好的事情，”他补充道。
“Now, the US actually was very successful in welcoming lots of people from around the world who had a wonderful experience discovering North America, discovering how wonderful and nice Americans are. But at the same time, in the run-up to the World Cup, we saw that bookings were down, we saw people worried about going to the United States, not sure if they wanted to go to the United States, and there was a point at which people were worrying that it might not be a huge success. It ended up being a success, but countries need to be a little more consistent. If they want tourism dollars, they have to show themselves as being open to the world, which is something that Canada always did well,” he added.