The Financial Post reports in its Saturday, May 2, edition that Canadians chose to explore their own backyard in record numbers in 2025, says Airbnb in a report, with domestic travel soaring more than 50 per cent since 2019. The Post's Denise Pagliniwan writes that Airbnb's report said domestic guest arrivals reached more than 9.5 million last year and accounted for more than 60 per cent of all Canadian trips on the platform. The report said, "2025 was a record year for Canadians exploring their own country, underscoring a surging appetite for discovering the neighbourhoods and communities that make up their own backyard." The report comes as traffic between Canada and the United States continued to decline over the past year as Canadians shunned travel to the U.S. Statistics Canada's May 1 travel data said transborder air traffic fell 7 per cent in March, marking the 14th consecutive month of year-over-year decreases. In comparison, it said the number of passengers screened for domestic flights in the same month increased by 10.1 per cent from last year. Airbnb's report said the economic impact of domestic travel through its platform also reached record levels last year, generating $10.9-billion in economic activity.