More than a year after Trump took office, tourists still haven't returned to Point Roberts [View all]
POINT ROBERTS — Rows of colorful rubber ducks stare out from the shelves of a small store tucked inside a mall in British Columbia, looking startled with wide eyes and open beaks.
The Rubber Duck Museum, not long ago an attraction in the American exclave Point Roberts, is now a destination for Canadian visitors after closing its Point Roberts location after closing and then reopening in Tsawwassen, B.C. in December. Glass cases display icons in toy duck history, including a cloth mallard on wheels from 1911, as joyful shrieks float in from a next-door children’s play center.
The cheerful storefront feels like a reprieve from the outside world. But for owners Neil and Krystal King, the past year has been fraught with challenges.
Around the same time they moved the duck museum, they closed down their adjoining specialty store, Kora’s Corner, in Point Roberts. They were facing a steep downturn in sales, overhead increases in part due to tariffs and a dramatic rent hike.
The Kings are among the business owners in Point Roberts who are having to adjust after a decline in Canadian tourists, which some attribute to political tensions with the United States. Several said traffic to their business has not improved since last year.
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