US Tourism Sector Plunges into Unprecedented Revenue Crisis in 2025 as America First Policy Ravages Global Visitor Arrivals
US Tourism Sector Plunges into Unprecedented Revenue Crisis in 2025 as America First Policy Ravages Global Visitor Arrivals - Travel And Tour World
If are thinking about coming to the U.S. this summer for vacation, please do not. Things are bad here. Worse than the news is letting on, even. PLEASE don't come here. Things are only going to get worse this summer.
Dont worry I'm not going to the USA even if I'm paid for it.
My boss asked me to head our international exchange student program, which includes traveling with groups of students, and my acceptance was conditioned by not having to go to the US.
Is it worse then Lemmy filtered news lets on? (Edit: just an honest question. News here is pretty negative, I just wonder if the lived experience is even worse)
Depends on where you are in the country currently.
As the other commenter said, it depends on where you are. But I would say, overall yes. Nobody really wants to talk about how bad it is/shaping up to be. The people preparing for serious defensive action are all dark, and everybody else is somewhere between denial, anger, or depression.
There are a lot of spinning plates in the air, and they seem to be all falling down at around the same time. A small example of this is the 20,000 new ICE agents that the administration has order to be quickly hired. Back during the campaign, they had Trump loyalists at his sign up to "work for the Nation". That's almost certainly the pool that they will be hiring undertrained, and armed Trump lackeys from. That means within the next 2.5 months, Proud Boys, Boogooloo Boys, Patriot Prayer, Patriot Front, J6 insurrectionists, and many other actual Nazis will have badges, guns, and a mandate from the federal government to round up immigrants, dissenters, disabled, and anybody else they deem to be "undesirable". And that's just ONE of the plates spinning in the air.
I read the entire article and not once do they mention this is due to Trump. They just say the current administration. God these fucking media outlets are spineless fucks. Did we have this net negative $12 billion dollar in tourism during the Biden admin? The media is so fucking scared or just complacent with Trump they try everything in their power to not openly criticism him. Fucking pussies
Current regime* is what it should say
The Trump Regime. Give them the foreign dictator treatment
Might be something else too. Many people are so sick of hearing about certain people that they've set up filters to avoid any news about them. So what better way to get past that than to just keep the references generic enough to get the views through such blocks but still be accurate.
No shit. Most media outlets are owned by wealthy Republican donors.
Media love trump it adds more click everytime that dipshit does something stupid, they get richer while americans and the planet suffer for it
They’re not scared they’re literally ushering in what’s next. They’ve gotten the memo, the old neoliberalism capitalist hegemony is done. They are vying for their place in the New World.
Travel and Tour World is a magazine that sells trips on Cruise Ships, of course they're not talking about the fascist regime.
Lol good point
Who wouldn't want to vacation in a country where one could be snatched up, held for weeks or even months, and finally deported? If you're very lucky, you'll be deported to your home country.
So what you're saying is: Foreign tourists can save money by buying a one way ticket to America, and we'll send them back on our dime.
On the return flight you may be chained to your seat on the plane, but hey, it's free!
America First Policy
I dont think thats the issue buddy. Its the "America is now Fascist" Policy that makes people not want to visit.
i’d say it’s both: why would you risk being detained at the border, potentially be subject to general abuse when you’re in the country because you’re “foreign”, detained in the country for… who the fuck knows, AND because america first means your tourism money supports a country actively bullying your home country
No way the vast majority of humans even know about people being detained at the border. I’ll say that confidently because it’s pretty obvious the amount of humans I interact with on a daily basis. Don’t know shit about shit about shit about shit. Now we got some of them, insisting Proven science like polio vaccines don’t actually work and are making you out to be the asshole if you get a vaccine and go out in public.
I don’t actually think that any human on this planet is any better than that. I would be willing to bet that most human beings know way more about someone like Tiger King or whoever was the latest Netflix special then they do about Politics or anything going on in the world. And this level of bullshit continues because there’s no end to people insisting that it’s perfectly OK to not pay any attention and then they turnaround and insist those same exact people need to go out and vote. The people that don’t know shit the people that don’t pay attention the that don’t fucking know anything are all voting And they think that it’s their damn duty to know nothing and vote.
And if you think any fucking person in any country is any different, you’re gonna be really shocked when you find out how shit we all are. 30% of the world will support fascism. Done. 30% of humans are fucked From the jump. That’s the reality we’re dealing with 30% the vein that continues through all of history. 30% of Humanity are shit. 30% of us are going to drag the rest to hell.
I think people would visit even if we were fascist. The thing keeping everyone away is the significantly greater than zero chance that you and your family might get picked up by ICE and questioned under duress for several days simply for trying to visit Disney World.
Well, that's a key part of the fascism. Obviously Europeans vacationing at the House of Mouse didn't care what the social services were like in the USA, or how affordable homes were, or what Disney employees had unions. But a country like the USA that follows no moral code is not a safe place to be in, period.
Trump is enacting his isolationist worldview through his trade war, and using secret police effort to terrorize and abduct non-citizens. This is going to isolate and ward off foreign business and visitors. No surprise there.
Fear of being held and questioned, fear of getting an unplanned trip to El Salvador, fear of kangaroo court systems…
Yeah, we’ll see. It’s basically expecting the rest of the West to act differently. Maybe they’ll surprise me. However, it’s not like I don’t have perfect examples right off the top my head like France and Roman Polanski for instance. Kinda makes me think that people are shit no matter where they’re at, and they’re gonna visit if they feel like visiting here. If the marketing is good enough, the fascism won’t matter and I would be willing to bet on it.
No, I don’t think that Europeans are somehow better humans than any other human on the planet. We’re all shit and we’re gonna prove that correct.
Good. Dont come here. This country and the people are so messed up. They need a wake up call.
I used to think I might become a snowbird, but since 2016 I found the US visibly declined every year, and that accelerated sharpy during COVID and of course far more so now. Needless to say I'm not going in the short term, and I'm not hopeful the country will still exist in the long term.
Was actually gonna plan a visit for 2027. Obviously won't now.
Much of this 2025 number is even people who probably bought their trip sometime last year (as I guess, on average, people plan their trips at least 6 months ahead?) I wonder what the impact will be during the end of 2025 and next year.
It's not that bad.
The US is big and very diverse. There's something for everyone here, and you can do your part to make change.
Not only tourism. Scientists are cancelling conference attendances of fear they‘ll get harassed or deported (which already happened). It’s such a shame because science need exchange.
They'll have to hold their conferences somewhere where they're safer.
Republicans are actively anti-science and defunding scientific research wherever they can, so they won't care.
Just had a prominent colleague return from a conference in Italy. He was stopped at the border and questioned for several hours, making him miss his flight.
And he’s getting a lawyer and suing them right?
And don’t come back with some type of bs about how is he supposed to do that? I keep hearing from literally everybody.
Trump sues everyone in this country. You could sue anyone for anything sue them do something anything. Literally anything is better than nothing - write a fucking article! I keep hearing about everyone’s fucking friends. I don’t care about your fucking friend. Where are they? Why aren’t they fucking writing something? Why aren’t they doing altering? Literally anything with their position they have that’s much higher than the people I’m working with now who are attempting to help and they’re literally artists and people that work in grocery stores and retired folks meanwhile, scientists are getting stopped at the border and their friends are and telling us this bullshit while I don’t see any first hand accounts barely and when I do, they are just on social media!
They have power in their position where the fuck are they? Why aren’t they fucking telling everybody? Why aren’t they fucking suing them? Do something, anything, just do something!
We are lucky that we live in a time with the Internet so they can still communicate with each other pretty easily. In the past when things like this would happen they didn't even get that. Hopefully we can still make progress in spite of this
Then they’re cowards. They’re already bowing to fascism and yeah, I’m going to say it straight up. They’re fucking cowards and they should be called out for It. If you’re fucking leaving the country if you’re afraid to speak up and you have actually something that’s worth saying if you have some way to attempt to stop this and you do nothing out of fear you’re a fucking coward.
I’m just gonna say this we’re all going to die so quit pretending like you won’t if you have something that will help other human beings and you are too afraid to use it. Fuck you you piece of fucking shit. You cowardly piece of shit. You will deserve what you get.
I'm not coming to America and sacrificing my life for their piece of shit government. They can fix their own fucking problems.
Foreigners have no obligation to come to the US. Them not coming and not spending cash here is another crack in the dam that can help lead to the flood.
Organizers have no obligation to hold events with an international audience in the US. Them spending that cash in a foreign land deprives the US of revenue and likewise is another crack in the dam.
Besides, this regime in DC is actively attacking science as a whole to force their false narratives onto the public.
I think a boycott is a pretty effective way to protest and they are in a unique position where doing so is noticed by some.
The Olympics and World Cup should be relocated away from the US.
As much as I agree with don't go there, the Olympics were in Russia and Brazil not too long ago and the World Cup in Qatar and Russia. If those places were fine (which, from the looks of them, they werent) then the US is still ok to handle them for now.
You're right. I mean, the nazis had the Olympics in Berlin in '36 too, what's the worst that can happen?
i think that’s also whataboutism though…
those things should not have happened there (qatar in particular had the whole thing of bribery and corruption that afaik had big fallout for FIFA). the fact that they did doesn’t mean that this is okay
The next American Olympics is in 2028, in Los Angeles. HitlerPig should be out of office by then, but if he suspends elections, or does some other wild maneuver to remain in office, most countries in the world will boycott them, and we'll have an Olympics with mostly just Russia, China, and America.
Let's fucking go! Keep it up everyone, make people here really see and feel the consequences.
I'm under no illusion that anyone who voted for this will "feel bad" or regret their vote. As we have been seeing the people who voted for this do not regret their decision perse. However, the hate that fuels them will only take them so far. If things get bad enough quick enough they might be able to remember it the next time (if there ever is one). I think the cult following of Trump and their emotional sunk cost fallacy won't let them see that voting for Trump was a bad idea, but there is a small chance they will recognize and reject it in whoever comes next.
I'm under no illusion the above will actually happen, I just think it's the best that can be hoped for.
I work with some of those "haters". They will never blame Trump. Even when their wallets are getting hurt, they will just blame Democrats and the world.
One haters I work with worship Trump and she is an Asian. How ironic
Same here. Everyone I work with is pretty MAGA. They all suck
I'm happy because this will hurt Florida's crappy economy the most.
I live in a major tourist city, and the word around town is that there will be a steep decline from foreign visitors, but many are still coming anyway, because they've had their vacations booked for months, and it's too late to change.
But if this keeps up, next summer will be a bloodbath.
Play stupid games, win stupid prizes. As an American, I hope America falls into a depression.
I hope it ends with a Green New Deal
What a shit situation that they have Americans hoping their own country fails.
I absolutely do not hope for a depression. You will NEVER see small business again. You will NEVER own a house. Our future will be utterly gone.
What we need is what can’t be said.
Rhymes with schmevolution
No one alive today has had to live through a depression; I don’t think you really understand what you’re saying
No, those of us in that camp know exactly what we’re asking for.
Y'all Qaeda strikes again!
Tourists are a bunch of homos anyway - trump supporters probably
Good. I hope thousands of landlords can’t afford their extra homes and are forced to sell, driving down housing prices.
They will only be replaced by richer landlords
Yeah, private capital can just roll in and buy it all up, great!
Another shocker
Nobody knew not pissing off the whole world could be so complicated.
Nice. Hope tipping system goes away.
Welcome to the Orange Turd depression MAGAts.
I'm sort of idly curious who President Manbaby is going to blame for this.
It goes without saying that it'll be someone other than himself - broadly that's who he blames for everything he fucks up. But I wonder who specifically.
As with many spoiled children, it's actually sort of perversely amusing to see just how ridiculous his lies might get.
If he doesn't just ignore the problem my guess is he'll say people aren't coming because they're afraid of MS13 or something. The solution to which is clearly to round up more undesirables.
fucking good. we deserve it.
Get what you deserve by treating every foreigner like a criminal, and threatening to take over every country. The USA will be 1st in the world in the race to the bottom with this policy.
Industry stakeholders urge policymakers to reconsider travel and immigration policies that may inadvertently discourage international visitors. Reestablishing a welcoming environment...
Rebuilding confidence among global travelers, promoting diverse attractions beyond traditional hubs, and enhancing the visitor experience through innovation and inclusivity are key strategies recommended by tourism economists.
I'm no tourism economist but fat chance of that happening anytime soon while the felon is President.
All patriotic Americans should only vacation within the US or pay a holiday tariff to do so abroad!
Reap what you sow
How bout Americans be their own tourists first then.
Before the trump admin was in, my partner and I were planning a trip to Big Bend in TX with the express goal of not spending any money in Texas. We're not traveling to any red states for vacations at all for the next 4 years, that's for damn sure.
We can’t afford it
People come to the US for tourism?
No, not anymore.
Well, to be fair the country has been shitty for 10 fucking years easily. So what we have here is you actually saying it’s OK if America fucks Americans and destroys American livelihoods but the moment America started messing with my country is when I took a stand. So now you see how we got here.
Well, I got some fucking news for you. Hitler wasn’t fucking taken out by his own country. Germany needed a little bit of help from the rest of the world. Have you lazy fuck not notice the fascism has been right at the door for 10 years Yet? Who needs enemies we’ve got allies that won’t even fucking help.
And he stole that election and they’ll steal yours next. With America out, no one will come to help you either.
And cheap hotels are a result of it. My daughter stayed in a really nice hotel during weekender recently. I've been looking around for a few days and may do a actual trip soon. Thanks trump for destroying those people's lives so I can have a nice vacay this year. /s < sorta
So his plan is working then!
/s
