Canadian visitors to the U.S. love those long Florida and Arizona vacations
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If you are in Florida and Arizona and trying to attract Canadian tourists, forget weekend getaways and focus on long, extended stays in the sun.
Winter-ravaged Canadians love those warm-weather U.S. states for vacations, and they increased their year-round visitor spending in 2011 when staying stateside for at least one night 14.7% to $16.4 billion.
That's one of the findings of the U.S. Department of Commerce, International Trade Administration, Office of Travel & Tourism Industries, which just released its numbers on Canadian visitor spending and nights per visit in the U.S. for 2011. (See state-by-state analysis below.)
In fact, among the five top states for Canadian visitor spending (Florida, New Y
