Bc man campaign so that people from the United States come to visit

Tod Maffin de Nanaimo, British Columbia, said he had the idea one day while scrolling the Tiktok videos.

Maffin, who has his own website called “large -scale news“Had already produced a number of videos urging his viewers to” buy Canadian “- so he thought, why not set up A Tiktok video urging Americans to come for a visit?

“I was getting bored and I made a short video saying, hey, if you, the Americans, really want to support Canada, why don’t we choose a weekend and you can come to Canada?” said Maffin.

Promising to give them “the literal keys of the city”, Maffin’s light video promises visitors “incredible outdoor activities, hiking and some of the best brewing pubs in the world”.

But “Before we decide,” continued Maffin, “there are a few things you need to know about Canada. We rather like LGBTQ people, our streets are clean and we don’t really have mass fire.”

Better still, he said, “Our dollar (Canadian) is worth nothing at the moment – your (US) dollar would go so far.”

Maffin suggested the weekend from April 25 to 27 for a while for a visit.

He thought that perhaps half a dozen Americans would answer-and maybe he and his wife would take them to lunch-but all of a sudden, the notification bells on his phone started to leave.

In less than 72 hours, Maffin said he had about 2,000 people interested to visit Nanaimo – from Washington, Texas, California, even as far as the Netherlands and Australia.

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“One of the things that has become clear for me is that there is so much support among the basic Americans in the United States and despite what our leaders are talking about – you know, I have the impression that there is still a real kinship between the Americans and the Canadians.”

Submerged by the answer, Maffin asked for the help of Nanaimo tourism And City of Nanaimo.

“The objective is to have these people, you know, not in a conference center somewhere, but in the community, to eat in a restaurant, to shop in our stores, to stay in our campsite – you know is the real goal here is to give the economy a boost,” said Maffin.

Describing the idea as “silhouette and innovative”, the Mayor of NanaimoLeonard Krog promised that he would be there to greet visitors.

“It’s a huge boost to tourism here in Nanaimo,” Krog said. “It reminds us of all that we must stop associating the American people, many of whom have not voted for Donald Trump, with the mad king and the white house. It is a practical way to maintain relationships, to build good will and to stimulate our local economy at a time when we certainly need it with the threat of prices on the horizon.

“We must remember that despite the differences in political leadership, we always occupy this continent together,” added Krog.

“We are intimately linked by trade and personal relations and a long history of cooperation and defense of freedom.”

When they had a wind of the plan, some local business owners also offered to participate.

Kaitlyn Jones, owner of Tacomania Food Truck, said that the owners of local catering trucks “will organize a special festival” for visitors to the Nanaimo seafront on Friday, April 26, offering “any type of kitchen you can imagine”, and special discounts for visitors.

“We are delighted,” said Jones. “Like everything to stimulate the local economy, especially at the moment, the world being as tense as.

“I think it’s great that the ordinary person can connect with someone else from another country and support each other,” said Danielle Hartwick, owner of Van Isle Poutinerrie Food Truck.

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