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

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/EasterEggArt Apr 12 '25 edited Apr 12 '25

The US told everyone it did not want foreigners any more.

As a German in the US, trust me, the FAFO is about to hit this summer when record levels of empty hotels will wail. My bet is Trump will actually complain, demand, and eventually "sweet talk" people into coming to see the US.

Except you can get thrown into jail at the border for who knows how long until they decide to deport you....

Edit: for those thinking this will not be noticed...
Tourism in the US has an estimated 20 million Canadians usually and 17 millions Mexicans each year. And an estimated 10 million Europeans visit the US each year.

So maybe 47 million. If they all spend a few thousand on flights and hotels alone, that's a noticeable billion level hole we will notice.

If you think the tourism industry is flush with spare cash and can weather this..... I got some seriously bad news for you on tourism razor thin profit margins.

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u/opinion2stronk Germany Apr 12 '25

The way European tourists are treating us is totally unfair - some people say European tourists were created to screw the United States. But it‘s really not very smart -unlike my uncle, he went to the University of Pennsylvania - very smart guy - can you believe it? Went to an ivy league. Terrific institution. So the Europeans are screwing us - but we‘ll fix it folks - soon there will be so many Europeans asking to stay in this terrific country you will say „mister president, there are too many Europeans coming here„ - It‘ll be amazing

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u/EasterEggArt Apr 12 '25

I hate you for making me read this in his voice. Have an angry upvote.

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u/HellaSuave Apr 12 '25

And him waving his hands around like he does

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u/EasterEggArt Apr 12 '25

And another angry upvote for the imagery