The new politics of immigration may shrink international tourism to the U.S.
By Philip Bump / The Washington Post
Monday, March 6th, 2017 at 11:24am
Those of us who live here may not realize it, but the United States is one of the top tourism destinations in the world. In 2015, the U.S. trailed only France in the number of international arrivals, with 78 million people coming to the United States from overseas. Tourism added over $200 billion to the economy that year, a little over 1 percent of the total annual GDP.In 2016, 12.7 million tourists came to New York City alone, according to marketing agency NYC & Company.
But in 2017, the picture is likely to be different, with about 12.4 million visitors expected.
Why? President Trump.
“The Europeans start coming to New York around Easter and continue through summer,” the head of NYC & Company told the New York Times. “That’s when you’ll see the rhetoric out of Washington really having an impact on travel.”
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