Travelers cite presidential rhetoric & policies manifesting in highly public #wars — both figurative & literal — as reasons for staying away.
Four million fewer foreign visitors came to the US in 2025 compared to 2024, with total spending decreasing by more than $8 billion.
#economy #recession #Trump #trumpcession #immigration #WhiteChristianNationalism #HateSpeech #StochasticTerrorism
Staggering dip in #US #tourism is a troubling sign for the future
There’s no sugarcoating it. The complete 2025 data is in, & the message is clear: International visitors stayed away from the US in the first real year-over-year decline since the COVID19 pandemic. The drop in visitors was larger than during the global #recession of 2008.
This time, it wasn’t a pandemic or a collapse of the market—it was #Trump.
#economy #immigration #WhiteChristianNationalism #HateSpeech
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