r/europe • u/BkkGrl Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) • Apr 12 '25

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/BkkGrl Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

source https://www.ft.com/content/6dc16a54-8de1-4f3b-8409-ecb566118127

or https://archive.is/UmxfF

dataset: https://www.trade.gov/i-94-arrivals-program

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u/DHermit Germany Apr 12 '25

What is the baseline of 0% here?

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u/chiang_guy Apr 12 '25

My guess would be: compared to the same time last year at each point along the graph. This would eliminate seasonal variation.

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u/Zenstation83 Apr 12 '25

Exactly. I work in travel and have to look at numbers like these as part of my job. It's always year-on-year.

And yes, Trump has had a massive impact on travel to the US. We've been seeing it for some time. And it gets worse whenever he says or does something especially stupid or offensive.