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Tourism Just Collapsed - These 10 U.S. States Are in Crisis (2025) (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2025 OP
comming? Skittles Jul 2025 #1
Lemme guess... buzzycrumbhunger Jul 2025 #2
I remember someone from a vacation community telling me once ITAL Jul 2025 #4
Glad to see Florida is #1! Abolishinist Jul 2025 #3
Hurricane season is just about to begin. multigraincracker Jul 2025 #26
Let me save y'all some time: WestMichRad Jul 2025 #5
Blue states over represented Demovictory9 Jul 2025 #7
Not really red/blue D_Master81 Jul 2025 #8
Well, yes, because blue states are overwhelmingly the states people actually care to visit. Karasu Jul 2025 #13
Blue states on Northern Border. Canadians are not coming in... Wounded Bear Jul 2025 #14
I heard Las Vegas is hurting for tourists now. Ilsa Jul 2025 #10
I've seen people post videos of the Vegas Strip late at night on weekends for the last several weeks. Karasu Jul 2025 #19
I'm surprised Canadians visiting Fla have only dropped 47% mdbl Jul 2025 #6
Well, the rest are trying to sell their winter condos Fiendish Thingy Jul 2025 #12
Nah, just the one who . . . Aussie105 Jul 2025 #17
Well, they carefully aimed for a symbolic number. nt eppur_se_muova Jul 2025 #20
I hope that's what it was mdbl Jul 2025 #22
I'm pretty sure California will survive. vanlassie Jul 2025 #9
He did say CA was only down 1% Tree Lady Jul 2025 #11
I was in SF's fisherman's wharf last week and there were quite a few tourists kimbutgar Jul 2025 #31
But In&Out is leaving for Tennessee! :/ C Moon Jul 2025 #15
Good riddance. I have other options. vanlassie Jul 2025 #16
The owner walked that back, says she's moving her personal family only Arazi Jul 2025 #32
Ok. Thanks. Her reason for leaving was because she said it's too hard to raise a family in California. C Moon Jul 2025 #35
Here in Sarasota, the tourists have dropped quite a bit. chouchou Jul 2025 #18
Also in SRQ buzzycrumbhunger Jul 2025 #24
FL is beautiful...but democratsruletheday Jul 2025 #33
$60‽ I'll show up for 60, you want any work it's cost plus. dem4decades Jul 2025 #28
I was thinking of those new HOA's lawns. The kind where "Lawn mowing" takes the time... chouchou Jul 2025 #29
We usually travel to Hawaii but stopped helpisontheway Jul 2025 #21
Hale Koa is great... SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2025 #23
Traitor & Putin are satisfied... it's their Cha Jul 2025 #25
Every one of them are just another nail in the multigraincracker Jul 2025 #27
Massachusetts, California and New York will do just fine without tourists Bluestocking Jul 2025 #30
I guess so, re NYC. (I'm a NYC'r) Tourism is a Big Industry here. However... electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #34

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,152 posts)
2. Lemme guess...
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:20 PM
Jul 2025

Florida is at the top of the list. Not surprising, seeing as how it’s become Fascist Central.

This is a double-edged sword. We apparently love the money but despise tourists and the insanely massive traffic and skyrocketing housing costs they bring.

ITAL

(1,376 posts)
4. I remember someone from a vacation community telling me once
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:25 PM
Jul 2025

"Tourists...can't live with'em...can't live without them."

WestMichRad

(3,389 posts)
5. Let me save y'all some time:
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:27 PM
Jul 2025

Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New York, Louisiana, Nevada, California, Hawaii, Alaska, Florida. (Not quite in the order he presented them.) Common thread: leading states for which tourism was a major contributor to their economy…. was…

D_Master81

(2,679 posts)
8. Not really red/blue
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:16 PM
Jul 2025

It’s more these are the states with cool stuff to look at. I live in Indiana and realize that ain’t no one worried about vacationing here.

Karasu

(2,066 posts)
13. Well, yes, because blue states are overwhelmingly the states people actually care to visit.
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 12:13 AM
Jul 2025

Karasu

(2,066 posts)
19. I've seen people post videos of the Vegas Strip late at night on weekends for the last several weeks.
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:18 AM
Jul 2025

It's a fucking ghost town. Shit is unreal.

mdbl

(8,737 posts)
6. I'm surprised Canadians visiting Fla have only dropped 47%
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:31 PM
Jul 2025

I expected that number to be much higher. I guess some of them like throwing caution to the wind.

Aussie105

(8,168 posts)
17. Nah, just the one who . . .
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:12 AM
Jul 2025

have head their heads in the sand (or up their . . . .) and haven't paid attention to anything outside their front door, and just want to get warm in Florida.

You know the type, if I ignore it I can't be affected by it.

A 10+ % downturn sounds kind of gentle, but it reflects the country wide downturn in economic activity I expect as a result of Trump-O-nomics.

Tree Lady

(13,384 posts)
11. He did say CA was only down 1%
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 11:55 PM
Jul 2025

But that they had been going up every year until now.

So they should be fine.

We just got back from Oregon coast, lots of tourists, hotels seemed pretty full. Restaurants busy. I live in Oregon we have a beautiful coast and was so nice to have a week of cool air.

kimbutgar

(27,547 posts)
31. I was in SF's fisherman's wharf last week and there were quite a few tourists
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:07 PM
Jul 2025

I noticed a lot of Asian tourists. And overhead some European people speaking a French, German and Italian.

Arazi

(8,887 posts)
32. The owner walked that back, says she's moving her personal family only
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:12 PM
Jul 2025

And “expanding” with a second office in TN after she got massive blowback from badmouthing CA - the state that made the burger chain famous

C Moon

(13,736 posts)
35. Ok. Thanks. Her reason for leaving was because she said it's too hard to raise a family in California.
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:15 PM
Jul 2025

She's a frigging BILLIONAIRE! Hard to raise a family?

chouchou

(3,296 posts)
18. Here in Sarasota, the tourists have dropped quite a bit.
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 01:14 AM
Jul 2025

Sadly, this little city was once friendly and easy to get around. Now, the powers-that-be have let the Developers
run build and build and worse, even more build. Since this is a Red town, people are on the lookout
for our hillbilly-heaven-ICE so-called cops.
What's fun to watch and hear is "I can't get anybody to take care of our lawn (S)"
Of course you can't..You're the dumb-asses that put that pig in the President chair.
I'll mow your f*cking lawn for 60 bucks...

buzzycrumbhunger

(2,152 posts)
24. Also in SRQ
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 02:04 PM
Jul 2025

It’s become a fucktangle of developer BS and hedge fund nightmares for housing, and every day I see some new concrete high-rise monstrosity choking out the bayfront. DeathSantis has even ruined what used to be one of the best, most unique colleges in the state and established it as a beacon of his brand of fascism.

This town has completely lost its way—along with the rest of the state, I suppose.

democratsruletheday

(1,921 posts)
33. FL is beautiful...but
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:13 PM
Jul 2025

I'd never step foot in it due to the way they vote. Plenty of other states to visit in the union: namely Cali or Hawaii

chouchou

(3,296 posts)
29. I was thinking of those new HOA's lawns. The kind where "Lawn mowing" takes the time...
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 04:16 PM
Jul 2025

...to play an old 45 record.

helpisontheway

(5,388 posts)
21. We usually travel to Hawaii but stopped
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 07:06 PM
Jul 2025

because they keep raising prices at our military hotel (Hale Koa). I was so tempted to purchase flights on sale for $300 from the east coast a few weeks ago. However, we already have plans to go to Crete. I miss Hawaii though. I was in Florida for Universal/Seaworld for 3 days. Absolutely hated every minute in the state besides to park. I used to love Florida…

SickOfTheOnePct

(8,710 posts)
23. Hale Koa is great...
Sat Jul 26, 2025, 09:03 PM
Jul 2025

...but yeah, the prices have really gone up. Still cheaper than the alternatives, but still.

We stayed there a couple of years ago, but spent an inordinate amount of time at the beach bar at the Hilton Hawaiian Village.

Cha

(320,525 posts)
25. Traitor & Putin are satisfied... it's their
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 03:34 PM
Jul 2025

plan to ruin America.

I can't imagine those Red districts in the States losing so much money from lack of Tourism being happy with what Traitor is Doing to them.

And, the Billionaires like Bezos & Fuckerberg are sitting back grinning like Cheshiers counting their newly acquired wealth.

electric_blue68

(27,258 posts)
34. I guess so, re NYC. (I'm a NYC'r) Tourism is a Big Industry here. However...
Sun Jul 27, 2025, 06:14 PM
Jul 2025

1] We managed during Covid.
2] Since the US is such a big country we get major visitors from all over the country.

So I guess we'll be o k.
But I love hearing various accents from our country, and internationally.

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