Trump’s Latest Economic Triumph: Killing International Tourism to the U.S.

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Trump’s Latest Economic Triumph: Killing International Tourism to the U.S.

Pissed-off Canadians are canceling trips to America. But they’re hardly alone.

www.esquire.com

Pissed-off Canadians are canceling trips to America. But they’re hardly alone.

They’ve done everything except hang a sign at every port of entry reading, CLOSED: UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. From The Washington Post:

Canadians are skipping trips to Disney World and music festivals. Europeans are eschewing U.S. national parks, and Chinese travelers are vacationing in Australia instead. International travel to the United States is expected to slide by 5 percent this year, contributing to a $64 billion shortfall for the travel industry, according to Tourism Economics. The research firm had originally forecast a 9 percent increase in foreign travel, but revised its estimate late last month to reflect “polarizing Trump Administration policies and rhetoric.”

This moment isn’t without precedent. Sacks notes that international tourism slowed sharply during the first Trump presidency, amounting to roughly $20 billion in unrealized revenue, even before covid-related disruptions. Back then, it was tourists from Mexico, China and the Middle East who were pulling back, deterred by the administration’s travel bans, tariffs and tough talk on immigration. This time, Canada—the top source of international travel to the United States—is poised to lead the way. Trump has for weeks said he wants to make the country a “51st state.” In response, Canada’s former prime minister, Justin Trudeau, urged Canadians not to vacation in the United States.

People don’t want to come here any more. Come April, here in Boston, the administration may have a worse effect on international participation in the Boston Marathon than the pandemic did. In three years, Los Angeles is due to host the Olympics and the Paralympics, and it’s hard to imagine we’ll have regained the trust of the world by then.

And then there are all the other reasons people have to come to this country that, in its previous generosity, it shared with the world. No more Japanese people on the Freedom Trail up here. No more Brits visiting Independence Hall in Philadelphia to show they don’t hold any grudges. No more Brazilians, or Costa Ricans, or, God help us, Venezuelans staring awestruck into the Grand Canyon. And, what the hell, the government doesn’t care about national parks anymore anyway.

Bertha Lopez, who is from Mexico and lives near Toronto, used to cross the U.S. border every few weeks to buy staples like butter and cheese. This year, she’s stopped all of that — and vows not to set foot in the United States for at least a few years. She recently canceled a trip to Arizona to visit a longtime friend whose husband is ill; instead, she’s buying her friend a ticket to visit her in Canada this summer. “All of this talk of making Canada the 51st state has been upsetting. It’s just incredibly offensive,” the 54-year-old said. “So I’m doing what I can: No more Tide. No more Coca-Cola. No more Disney. And barring a funeral or someone in the hospital, I am not going to the United States.”

 

[Walt]

This is going to be a brutal couple of years.

 

[Hawkeye10]

Go to China....see what modern cities and transportation systems looks like.

 

[Into the Night]

Trump’s Latest Economic Triumph: Killing International Tourism to the U.S.

Pissed-off Canadians are canceling trips to America. But they’re hardly alone.

www.esquire.com

...and now some more chanting of what Democrats told Sybil to say...

Pissed-off Canadians are canceling trips to America. But they’re hardly alone.

Meh.

They’ve done everything except hang a sign at every port of entry reading, CLOSED: UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. From The Washington Post:

Chant...chant...chant...

People don’t want to come here any more. Come April, here in Boston, the administration may have a worse effect on international participation in the Boston Marathon than the pandemic did. In three years, Los Angeles is due to host the Olympics and the Paralympics, and it’s hard to imagine we’ll have regained the trust of the world by then.

And then there are all the other reasons people have to come to this country that, in its previous generosity, it shared with the world. No more Japanese people on the Freedom Trail up here. No more Brits visiting Independence Hall in Philadelphia to show they don’t hold any grudges. No more Brazilians, or Costa Ricans, or, God help us, Venezuelans staring awestruck into the Grand Canyon. And, what the hell, the government doesn’t care about national parks anymore anyway.

Your mindless chanting won't work anymore, Sybil.

 

[Into the Night]

This is going to be a brutal couple of years.

Chant...chant...chant...

TDS

 

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Trump’s Latest Economic Triumph: Killing International Tourism to the U.S.

Pissed-off Canadians are canceling trips to America. But they’re hardly alone.

www.esquire.com

Pissed-off Canadians are canceling trips to America. But they’re hardly alone.

They’ve done everything except hang a sign at every port of entry reading, CLOSED: UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT. From The Washington Post:



People don’t want to come here any more. Come April, here in Boston, the administration may have a worse effect on international participation in the Boston Marathon than the pandemic did. In three years, Los Angeles is due to host the Olympics and the Paralympics, and it’s hard to imagine we’ll have regained the trust of the world by then.

And then there are all the other reasons people have to come to this country that, in its previous generosity, it shared with the world. No more Japanese people on the Freedom Trail up here. No more Brits visiting Independence Hall in Philadelphia to show they don’t hold any grudges. No more Brazilians, or Costa Ricans, or, God help us, Venezuelans staring awestruck into the Grand Canyon. And, what the hell, the government doesn’t care about national parks anymore anyway.

According to several polls this morning , and I don't like polls but these were interesting,
The approval rating on Trumps tariffs went from something like 53% last fall to just 33% in the end of Feb.
And they were saying that it was because the US consumers are finding more out about how Tariffs work and that prices of most everything we buy will be going up because exporting countries will just add that cost of the tariffs to the price of their product,
This shit show is just beginning.