Study from World Travel & Tourism Council looked at the economic impact of tourism in 184 countries

Donald Trump’s policies risks alienating millions of international travelers and could cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars due to a sharp drop in tourism, a damning report says.

Amid the president’s immigration crackdown, travel bans and sweeping global tariffs, the U.S. is expected to be the only one out of 184 countries to see foreign visitor spending fall in 2025, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.

The study suggests that the U.S. economy is on track to lose $12.5 billion in international spending this year alone – but the actual shortfall might be much greater.

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    policies risks alienating millions…

    No. Already HAS. Nobody wants to come here. International entertainers cancelled their shows. Tourists aren’t interested in being harassed and detained. You scared them all off. Good job, absolute genius. It’s done. He broke it. It’s broken.

    (“THIS. IS AN EX…PARROT! IT HAS CEASED TO BE!”)

    The media is always saying “risks” lately because they don’t want to be directly accustory of the regime and get attacked for it.

    It’s already bad. We’re already in deep shit. At this point everything saying “risking” disaster is like "Okay I’ll let you off with like 16 or maybe 17 more warnings and THEN you’ll be seein some consequences there, mister!"

    The media should be holding them accountable. They should fear accurate reporting of their innumerable and heinous sins.

    This light-handed reporting lulls masses into false hope that all the international betrayal could all be fixed with a simple change of heart, and it doesn’t hold the perpe-traitors to account for backstabbing and literally killing innocent people the world over, at home and abroad.