US travel and tourism industry loses more than $89.1 million thanks to Trumps travel ban

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

President Donald Trump’s executive order banning travelers from a list of countries has had a major impact on travel and tourism in the United States.

ABC News reported that the U.S. has seen a reduction of people coming into the country to the tune of over 23,000 people over just a few months. While that number might seem small, the revenue is integral to their functioning. Those 23,000+ people generate for businesses that rely on travel and tourism.

The first quarter of 2016 showed 406,611 travelers from the Middle East to the U.S. but that number dropped to 383,154 in the first quarter of 2017, according to the Airlines Reporting Corporation (ARC).

The U.S. Travel Association reports travelers from the Middle East spend more than $3,800 per trip, which comes out to more than $89.1 million in revenue the U.S. has missed out on. The hotel industry alone has lost a minimum of $11.7 million if each person spends just $500 on hotel rooms while they’re in the country.

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/05/us-travel-and-tourism-industry-loses-more-than-89-1-million-thanks-to-trumps-travel-ban/

[Achilleaze]

1. Republican draft dodger pissing on American tourist trade

Deplorable

[Docreed2003]

2. Honestly, who could blame them for avoiding coming here??

[Ms. Toad]

3. lost a few thousand from our family

My Finnish sister planned to be here at the end of the month, but her travels doing international health care in developing countries took her to Somalia - and she cannot get a visa to enter the US.

Stinks. Both personally and for the travel industry.

[Vogon_Glory]

4. Middle Eastern tourists won't be the only ones going elsewhere

I understand that the numbers of European tourists visiting the US have also started to drop, as have the numbers of tourists from Latin Erican countries.

I don't think that many DU'ers and Trumpkins get it about Latin America. Yes, it's underdeveloped. Yes, it's class-stratified, often with racial as well as social bigotry. Even so, in some of the larger and more prosperous of these countries, there are middle and upper classes large enough to throw their money around and go on foreign trips. And many of them have the pride and the smarts not to subject their families to Trumpkin-inspired ICE nastiness and bigotry should they feel the urge to travel abroad for pleasure.

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