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Tourism to U.S. under Trump is down, costing $4.6B and 40,000 jobs
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/tourism-u-s-down-trump-took-office-costing-4-6-n840326Travel to the U.S. has been on the decline ever since President Donald Trump took office, and new data shows the slump translates to a cost of $4.6 billion in lost spending and 40,000 jobs.
The latest data from the National Travel and Tourism Office shows a 3.3 percent drop in travel spending and a 4 percent decline in inbound travel.
The downturn has also caused America to lose its spot as the world's second-most popular destination for foreign travel, ceding to Spain.
International tourism to the U.S. began to wane after Trump took office, leading to a so-called Trump slump. Experts say that Trump's proposed travel bans and anti-immigration language have had a negative impact on the U.S.'s attraction for foreign visitors, in addition to a weaker dollar and heightened security measures.
“It’s not a reach to say the rhetoric and policies of this administration are affecting sentiment around the world, creating antipathy toward the U.S. and affecting travel behavior,” Adam Sacks, the president of Tourism Economics, told The New York Times.
The latest data from the National Travel and Tourism Office shows a 3.3 percent drop in travel spending and a 4 percent decline in inbound travel.
The downturn has also caused America to lose its spot as the world's second-most popular destination for foreign travel, ceding to Spain.
International tourism to the U.S. began to wane after Trump took office, leading to a so-called Trump slump. Experts say that Trump's proposed travel bans and anti-immigration language have had a negative impact on the U.S.'s attraction for foreign visitors, in addition to a weaker dollar and heightened security measures.
“It’s not a reach to say the rhetoric and policies of this administration are affecting sentiment around the world, creating antipathy toward the U.S. and affecting travel behavior,” Adam Sacks, the president of Tourism Economics, told The New York Times.
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Our family used to go for cross border weekends to upstate NY or VT but since trump and his gang of haters came on the scene we now stay in Canada and our yearly trip to Florida has now been replaced by a yearly trip to one of the Caribbean islands. America has become a horrible place full of hate venom and vitriol.
MAGA? to me represents a cultural cancer thats destroying a once great nation.
You're telling the truth that no one wants to see.
Enjoy your time in Canada and the Caribbean.
Let us sort ourselves out; we did this to ourselves and we MUST fix it.
Peace to you. I hope you'll be back once we fix it.
All the best, jambo101. 
