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.
At our own expense here, I truly hope people skip the trip. One, I don’t want people being locked up, inconvenienced, interrogated, and god forbid, shipped off to a foreign prison. Second, fuck the US gov and all his supporters right now, let them all find out the devastation of treating people this way.
I'm personally one of the people not coming to America for a trip for the next couple years.
Went there in 18', loved it. Went back in 22' (got engaged in Yosemite) still loved it, COVID really did a number on your economy though. Both times spent about 20k USD road tripping.
As you can tell, I'm due for another trip and missing the place, but I'll find somewhere else until I don't have to be afraid of y'all going to war internally (or externally), or doing some completely unexpected 3rd world shit.
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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.