The United States is expected to be the only one out of 184 countries to see foreign visitor spending fall in 2025, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.
  • AskThinkingTim@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 days ago

    I’m not surprised. I live in Australia and always wanted to travel to the US. As time goes on the likelihood of travelling there seems more bleak.

  • Bud@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    This is not a trump effect. I think the US is starting to lose appeal overall, and tourism is a side effect of this. I remember when people were waiting for the next movie, album, tv series from the US, now it all seems meh at anything that comes out of Hollywood is uninteresting.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    33·
    8 days ago

    Meanwhile, Taco is literally attacking the 4th largest economy in the world and yammering on about tariffs again.

    I just don’t know how the market is still (relatively) up. I think when the crash does come, it’s going to be so rough.

  • DarkFuture@lemmy.worldEnglish
    22·
    7 days ago

    You mean Trump is bad for business?

    Which means all those people saying he’d run it like a business are…stupid?

    • Bytemeister@lemmy.worldEnglish
      14·
      7 days ago

      He is running it like a business, problem is, he runs most of his businesses straight into the ground.

    • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      9·
      7 days ago

      Well, the idea of running a Constitutional republic “like a business” is stupid for a whole lot of reasons, but having Taco run it like one of his “businesses” is…next-level stupid.

  • CalipherJones@lemmy.worldEnglish
    18·
    8 days ago

    No idea why a European would ever want to come here. The travel options there are much better and cheaper. Oh and you won’t get thrown into a foreign prison.

    • Retrograde@lemmy.world
      3·
      8 days ago

      I had a Finnish friend visit me in LA a few months ago and he had an absolute blast. There are still plenty good people and things to do and see in the US.

    • BassTurd@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 days ago

      Aside from politics, the US has a ton to offer for someone that wants to experience the world. The Rockies, Appalachian trail, Great plains, deserts, huge rivers and lakes, and a bunch of other natural beauties. Not that mountains and bodies of water don’t exist elsewhere, but when it comes to nature, there’s something for anyone that likes being out doors.

      From a tourist side of things, places like Disney World, Universal, Las Vegas, New York City, and others just don’t have the same thing elsewhere. I’m more into the nature side, but lot’s of people really enjoy the big cities and amusement parks. The Rockies also offer some of the best snowboarding and skiing in the world, and there’s only 1 Appalachian trail.

      Too bad politics makes all of that less safe for foreigners and is actively enshitifying nature.

  • Furbag@lemmy.world
    16·
    7 days ago

    Gee, I wonder why? Perhaps xenophobia and open hostility towards foreigners isn’t good for the tourism industry? Who could have possibly foreseen this outcome? 🤔🙄

    I expect this trend to continue if the federal government moves forward with it’s plan to charge foreigners more money to visit national parks. One of the objectively best things about our country is our vast natural beauty protected by the federal government in perpetuity, and the national parks system is one of the few institutions that turns a profit every year and we still have the dumbass-in-chief trying to fuck that up too.

  • MushuChupacabra@lemmy.world
    11·
    8 days ago

    The Trump Regime has made it widely known that absolutely no one is safe visiting the United States. They’ve made travel by Americans, to American destinations questionable, based on ICE antics.

    Does America want a healthy tourism industry? Then they’d better get busy smashing fascism.

    As it stands, it is simply not advisable to travel to the United States.

    • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      The Trump Regime has made it widely known that absolutely no one is safe visiting in the United States.

      FTFY

  • Suavevillain@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 days ago

    It is risky to come here. You anything besides English and you could be having to deal with ICE and get kidnapped.

  • br0da@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    8 days ago

    American here. I wouldn’t want to visit here either. I do Nazi this as a good destination spot.

  • Treczoks@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 days ago

    Well, who wants to do holidays is a fascist country, with the constant fear not to see Yellowstone or Niagara Falls, but Guantanamo instead.

  • cosmicrookie@lemmy.world
    6·
    8 days ago

    I am not doubting, but I am surprised that the article does not even mention Israel. I can’t see their tourism growing this year

    • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      I’m equally perplexed. So tourism to places like North Korea or places in active war like Libya or South Sudan have gone up?

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 days ago

        During the civil war in the usa in the 1800s, locals would leave their house, bring a blanket, and a picnic basket. They would sit on top of a hill, and watch the battle, like it was entertainment.

        Maybe that’s making a comeback?

      • chunes@lemmy.world
        2·
        8 days ago

        But if we included those countries we wouldn’t be able to condemn America with our shocking but false headline.

    • Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world
      2·
      8 days ago

      To be fair, hard to decline when it’s already low. Even if they did include Israel or other countries mentioned in the replies, it’s still totally possible their tourism isn’t lower this year than last. Especially places where it was already pretty much 0 or statistically insignificant. Not declining doesn’t mean it went up, just means it’s at least the same percentage it was last year.