Study Shows Canada and Mexico are Top Destinations for Americans.

The dollar’s decline hasn’t dampened enthusiasm for travel abroad among large numbers of Americans – but it has shortened the distance they are willing to travel, according to a new survey from Visa.

The survey, which polled only U.S. payment cardholders who had traveled outside the U.S. in the past three years, found that two out of three respondents (63 percent) are equally or more willing to travel compared with one year ago. And half said they are likely to take a trip abroad in the next 12 months. For those travelers, Canada and Mexico are their most likely destinations outside the 50 states.

Americans remain enamored with travel: 74 percent of respondents who said they are not traveling internationally in the next year are interested in traveling overseas in the future.

Despite the slowing U.S. economy, half of all Americans say they still intend to travel abroad within the next year and their number one destination is Canada, according to a survey commissioned by Visa.

Next on the popularity list is Mexico followed by Great Britain, Italy, France, the Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands. 

It's hard to know if these travel plans are wishful thinking for some or if they will actually follow through with their intentions. People in the U.S. tourism industry are seeing a slowdown in bookings and noting that people are waiting until the last minute to book hotels and flights.