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.
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.
I’m Irish. Irish people loved to holiday in the States. Now, I hear more and more stories from work colleagues, friends and family where holidays to US are cancelled or reconsidered as ** a direct result** of Trump policies.
You have a point, I should have said that this is not trump effect alone.
I think the US are less appealing now overall as compared to 20 years ago.
Trump is just adding the cherry on top.
You aren’t wrong that the US is losing its appeal in general. But Trump is putting the breaks on hard right now.
It’s one thing to say “Well, US is kinda boring, nothing worth seeing there”, and it’s another thing fearing whether you will make it back home if you go there.
Even if the US was still the coolest place to be in 2025 (which it is certainly not), I would not consider booking a ticket. The fear of losing the money I invested in the trip in case they don’t let me in at the border would be enough to not go to the US, but being afraid that I might be detained or shipped to some random 3rd country because they don’t like my social media posts is certainly enough to make sure I’d never go there.
I heard North Korea is a pretty nice place to visit. Still not going there even if the trip was for free.
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.
I’m Irish. Irish people loved to holiday in the States. Now, I hear more and more stories from work colleagues, friends and family where holidays to US are cancelled or reconsidered as ** a direct result** of Trump policies.
You have a point, I should have said that this is not trump effect alone. I think the US are less appealing now overall as compared to 20 years ago. Trump is just adding the cherry on top.
You aren’t wrong that the US is losing its appeal in general. But Trump is putting the breaks on hard right now.
It’s one thing to say “Well, US is kinda boring, nothing worth seeing there”, and it’s another thing fearing whether you will make it back home if you go there.
Even if the US was still the coolest place to be in 2025 (which it is certainly not), I would not consider booking a ticket. The fear of losing the money I invested in the trip in case they don’t let me in at the border would be enough to not go to the US, but being afraid that I might be detained or shipped to some random 3rd country because they don’t like my social media posts is certainly enough to make sure I’d never go there.
I heard North Korea is a pretty nice place to visit. Still not going there even if the trip was for free.
Confirmed! A couple I knew changed flights last Month and went to Canada instead.