From: Gronk <invalide@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups: alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,can.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.politics.liberalism,alt.politics.democrats,alt.politics.usa.republican
Subject: Nobody REALLY Cares?
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 00:04:29 -0600
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/18/us-tourism-travel-trump/
Overseas travel to the United States has
declined sharply since President Donald
Trump returned to office.
Industry experts say some of the reasons
are plain to see: Reports of detentions
and deportations, including the weeks-long
lockup of European tourists, have sowed
fears of bad experiences at the border.
Some countries have tightened travel
advisories, and Trumpâs whiplash tariffs
have ratcheted up international tensions.
Last month, the number of overseas
visitors fell nearly 12 percent compared
with the same time last year, according to
data from the International Trade
Administration, an agency under the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
The downturn, after a 2 percent decline
year-on-year in February, is the first
meaningful drop since travel plummeted
in the early days of the coronavirus
pandemic.
If sustained, the decline could
translate to billions of dollars in lost
tourism revenue, industry experts project.
Some would-be travelers are nervous about
the Trump administrationâs policies.
Others are enraged by his rhetoric. Some
have doubts about their safety. The
European Union has begun to issue its
U.S.-bound officials burner phones, for
fear of surveillance, the Financial Times
reported.