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womanofthehills

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11. Tourism is down all over US

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Sun Aug 17, 2025, 11:05 PM

Aug 2025

“ Travel experts sounding the alarm about a significant drop in US tourism”

Travel experts are sounding the alarm about a significant drop in international visitors to the U.S.

The World Travel and Tourism Council says America is on track to lose $12.5 billion in international visitor spending this year.

Oxford Economics projects the U.S. will be the only country to see that type of decline.

“Experts say the decline is due to the costly, and lengthy, process to get a visa, and the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, which is leaving travelers on edge.”

https://abc7ny.com/post/travel-experts-sounding-alarm-significant-drop-us-tourism/17451922/

(0ver on Reddit there was a Canadian Women asking questions because she was afraid to come to US for a wedding. About 100 reply’s of people telling her not to come because this country sucks. )

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I wonder if tourists are visiting DC with all this military and their equipment in site.......... [View all] riversedge Aug 2025 OP

Not this huckleberry, won't go near the place until rump is exfoliated... wcmagumba Aug 2025 #1

Businesses being hit cbabe Aug 2025 #2

whow. Thanks for the research you did. I will take a read of them. And yes, I would think eating places riversedge Aug 2025 #4

Yeah, that's what I thought of when I Cha Aug 2025 #10

A couple of my friends and I were there a little over a year ago dflprincess Aug 2025 #3

I used to go to DC all the time kimbutgar Aug 2025 #5

Turning DC into a ghost town is probably not what TSF counted on. LA n DC not gonna play his martial law games Deuxcents Aug 2025 #6

Exactly What repups Against Traitor said! Cha Aug 2025 #7

Nope, I would not vacation in a military zone MerryBlooms Aug 2025 #8

Many international colleagues have told me and my company that they will not travel to the US newdeal2 Aug 2025 #9

Tourism is down all over US womanofthehills Aug 2025 #11

Regarding the Canadian woman afraid to come to the US for a wedding--I would also be very afraid to riversedge Aug 2025 #13

Considering that idgits "crackdown" mwmisses4289 Aug 2025 #12