Cuisine international tourists who are not satisfied with the trade policy and the rhetoric of Donald Trump will cost the United States billions of dollars by canceling their travels.
Visits to the US is expected to fall by 5.1 percent in 2025, which will ultimately contribute to a loss of $ 64 billion for the domestic tourism sector, according to the tourism economy.
This year, the research agency originally predicted a tourism of almost 9 percent, a prediction that was revised at the end of last month because of 'polarizing Trump administration policy and rhetoric'.
“There has been a dramatic shift in our prospects,” Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, told Washington Post.
“You look at a much weaker economic engine than something else, not only because of rates, but also the rhetoric and down -bending tone around it.”
Penelope Poole, who lives in the Philippines, said that she now closed her planned family cruise in Florida in favor of a resort on the lake in Canada.
“My brothers and sisters and I decided that, given the early volatility and hostility of this administration, we could not take a chance,” the 66-year-old told the post and added that some of her family members would travel from Indonesia and Mexico.
“We were increasingly worried about personal safety.”
Many potential travelers to the United States abruptly cancel their travels or vacations to the country in the midst of domestic unrest
International tourists and experts call the trade policy and rhetoric of President Donald Trump as the reason why some hesitate to come
Both Canada and Mexico, traditionally the best trading partners in America, have recently been important goals of Trump's anger.
After postponing 25 percent rates twice in both countries, once in February and once in March, Trump plans to resume import tax on 2 April.
Trump has been said for weeks that he wants to make Canada 'the 51st state'. He said this, will be the only way for Canada to prevent long -term rates.
Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded by telling his citizens not to vacation in the US, an advice they seem to look like.
The number of Canadians who drove back from the US fell by 23 percent in February, while air travel from the US decreased 13 percent compared to last year, according to the Canadian government.
In general, this is the first decrease in the year in Visits since March 2021, the second full month of the presidency of Joe Biden, when the country was still in the grip of the COVID-19 Pandemie.
Tourism Economics believes that this year there will be a decrease of 15 percent in the journey from Canada, for a loss of $ 3.3 billion in expenditure.
Bertha Lopez, who comes from Mexico and lives near Toronto, crossed the American border every few weeks to buy things such as butter and cheese.
That is because, according to government statistics, those products are still considerably cheaper in the US than in Canada.
This year, Lopez has been completely apart from the discounts and says that she will not board the US in the coming years in the coming years.
She even canceled a coming trip to Arizona to see a friend of hers whose husband is sick. Instead, she will visit a friend in Canada.
Delta Air Lines, together with other airlines, warn that the domestic travel demand also mitigates
A Disney-oriented travel agency is worried that people will soon cancel their reservations at Disney World in the midst of economic uncertainty
'All this talk about making Canada, the 51st state has been upset. It's just incredibly offensive, “the 54-year-old De Post said. 'So I do what I can do: no more tide. No more Coca-Cola. No more Disney. And apart from a funeral or someone in the hospital, I don't go to the United States. '
The anger of the Canadians in the US was bubbled to the surface in various public arenas, including during an NHL game last month where fans of the Senators of Ottawa held out through the Star Spangled Banner.
The withdrawal of Canada will be fine, because American airlines warn about depressive demand for almost all types of domestic journeys, including the government, business and free time.
Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines and American Airlines have all reduced their guidance in the first three months of this year.
'People are careful and they withdraw a little when traveling, not organized, but just a little wait to see what is going to happen, whether it is commercial and rate challenges or macro-economic policy changes, or just a little bit of the unrest of the market that we all see,' Delta CEO Herman Bastian said.
As traveling, the leisure and hospitality industry has so far posted two consecutive months this year, even if the rest of the labor market grows steadily.
On the HolidayPer, a Disney-oriented travel agency in Florida that almost fully works with domestic travelers, bookings have risen more than 5 percent compared to a year earlier.
Although this sounds good on his face, owner Jonathan de Arajo has a strong feeling that many people will cancel their plans at the last minute, especially because Disney allows customers to make only $ 200 deposits for their travels.
According to Disney, travelers can get a complete reimbursement of that money as long as they cancel 30 days before their planned booking.
There is also fear of refusing trips to the US from Europe, because Trump and the European Union seem ready to think of it on the trade
“If there are problems in the economy, the first thing people cut is their travel budget,” he said. 'They wait until it's time to pay completely, and they say: “I can't really afford this. “That's what I'm worried about,” the Arajo said the post.
Consumers' confidence has quickly taken since Trump and sinks to the lowest level in more than two years.
The US stock market is also in turmoil, with all three most important indexes – the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq – completely exchanges their winnings after the elections against the middle of last month.
There is also ensure that travel from Western Europe, which was more than a third of the foreign trips to the US last year, could suffer because of Trump's willingness to go on the market with them.
On Thursday, Trump threatened a 200 percent rate on champagne and wine from Europe, a response to the planned rate of the European Union on the American whiskey.
Jens Muellers, 31, told the post that he has reconsider his journey from Germany to Seattle this summer to visit the national parks of Washington State with his father. Instead, they go to Canada.
'It is a real shame and breaking my heart to see what happens to the national parks and [its] Employees now, “said Mullers, adding that it would have been his fifth trip to the United States. “We only come back to the US until things change considerably.”
