Wednesday, January 24, 2018

Drop in US Tourism - Rest of World Understands

If Trump/Pence supporters can't understand the negative effects of their policies, people in other parts of the world certainly do. After all, drastic "America First" policies put everyone else around the world in the lower groups on the world hierarchy being enforced by Trump/Pence and Republicans.

Travel spending has dropped by 3.3 percent, or $4.6 billion, and 40,000 jobs have been lost, according to the network, which cited the latest data from the National Travel and Tourism Office.

Tourism Economics President Adam Sacks told the New York Times that 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.”

http://thehill.com/policy/transportation/370437-tourism-down-in-us-since-trump-took-office