US gets a wake-up call as evidence points to a 'Trump slump'

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

With an upcoming FIFA World Cup being staged across the nation, 2026 was supposed to be a bumper year for tourism to the United States, driven in part by hordes of arriving soccer fans.

And yet, the U.S. tourism industry is worried. While the rest of the world saw a travel bump in 2025, with global international arrivals up 4%, the U.S. saw a downturn. The number of foreign tourists who came to the United States fell by 5.4% during the year – a sharper decline than the one experienced in 2017-18, the last time, outside the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, that the industry was gripped by fears of a travel slump.

Policy stances from the Trump administration on everything from immigration to tariffs, along with currency swings and stricter border controls, have seemingly proved a turnoff to travelers from other countries, especially Canadians – the single largest source of foreign tourists for the United States. Canadian travel to the U.S. fell by close to 30% in 2025. But it is not just visitors from Canada who are choosing to avoid the United States. Travel from Australia, India and Western Europe, among others, has also shrunk.

We are experts in tourism. And while we don’t possess a crystal ball, we believe that the tourism decline of 2025 could well continue through 2026. The evidence appears clear: Washington’s ongoing policies are putting off would-be travelers. In other words, the tourism industry is in the midst of a “Trump slump.”

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/us-gets-a-wake-up-call-as-evidence-points-to-a-trump-slump/ar-AA1VVvzq

[LakeVermilion]

1. If I lived somewhere else in the World...

I would stay home too.

[RockRaven]

2. STAY AWAY! Not because American bigots don't want you here, but because

YOU shouldn't want to come!

[Walleye]

3. Trump often says he's in the "hospitality" business

It turns out his solution to immigration is to make the United States such a miserable place. Nobody wants to come here. It didn’t take that long either

[dalton99a]

4. There are nicer and safer places to visit.

[SamKnause]

5. Stay away !

The U.S. is no longer under the Rule of Law.

The U.S. is not safe.

The U.S. is being governed by criminals.

U.S. citizens are not safe in their own country.

You will not be safe if you come here.

They are intentionally destroying people's lives.

[Wounded Bear]

6. Rich assholes flying here in their private jets ain't gonna help US tourism much...nt

[tanyev]

7. Policies, policies, policies.

Never once did they blame Trump personally or his vile personality, from whence all the policies flow.

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