Posted on 10/10/2018 10:49:07 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The controversial presidency of Donald Trump is not having a negative impact on the American tourism industry, the man in charge of marketing the US to the world has told Telegraph Travel.
A number of sources earlier this year and last reported that the number of international visitors to America was down as much as 5 per cent, losing the US economy up to £140million a week, according to the Global Business Travel Association. The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said that arrivals fell by 4 per cent in the first six months of 2017, in the wake of Trump’s inauguration.
The fall in visitor numbers has been labelled the “Trump Slump” and seen as a consequence of the President’s outspoken views and attempt to ban travellers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the US.
Tom Garzilli, chief marketing officer for Brand USA, the country’s tourist board, however, said that Trump was not deterring visitors.
“What we have found and this is true of travel all over the world is it really transcends politics, it transcends the issues of the day,” he said....
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Wouldn’t a strong dollar hurt tourism from overseas?
Could it be because the dollar is stronger, and it’s more expensive for foreigners to vacation here?
Anecdotal, but I spent last week in Yosemite National Park. Literally no one there spoke English. Many languages, mostly European, but it was an exception to speak to someone and get a response that didn’t carry a thick accent. The only place I heard everyone speaking English was on Half Dome.
What kind of idiot tourist wouldn’t visit the US because of this?
Are they afraid Trump is going to jump out from the bushes and scare the tourists?
What fresh hellish nonsense goes through the minds of these people. Brain damage.
Try Yellowstone.
Wall to wall Chinese in tourist buses.
Ummm...Vegas...Chinese, Koreans, Japanese, Filipino...by the thousands every week.
Arches National park in Utah was probably 75% foreign visitors when I was there last month.
I’m in Hollywood and see the same amount of annoying tourists on Hollywood Blvd...no change.
Was at Universal Studios early this morning and there’s a long line up. Dont these people have school or something LOL
Lived in Chino as a youth. Went to Universal Studios as a child, with YMCA Indian guides camp, before it really was a tour and was really just tourists watching them film movies and shows. Talked to Tim Conway, Ernest Borgnine and Burt Reynolds.
Well don’t visit Portland. Under mob control and rule. Or Minneapolis. It is controlled by Muslim terrotists.
A number of sources earlier this year and last reported that the number of international visitors to America was down as much as 5 per cent, losing the US economy up to £140million a week, according to the Global Business Travel Association. The United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said that arrivals fell by 4 per cent in the first six months of 2017, in the wake of Trump’s inauguration.
IOW, those sources were lying.
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