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2026-05-26 13:55:55
[4 Million International Tourists to Vote Away from the US in 2025: Canada Leads the Way in "Cold-Out" Tourism Spending Plummets by $8.4 Billion] (1) In 2025, the number of international tourists to the United States will decrease by 4 million (a drop of 5.5%) year-on-year, exceeding the level during the 2008 financial crisis; total consumer spending will decrease by more than $8 billion. This is not due to the pandemic or financial crisis, but rather to human factors such as presidential rhetoric, policies, and "high-profile wars" attributed by tourists. (2) Canadians are the main source of the tourist loss, with some data showing that visits by Canadian tourists to major US metropolitan areas once dropped by 42%. Business owners are generally feeling the pain: Seattle hiking tour bookings are lower than last year, a Santa Monica tourism company's revenue in 2025 is less than half of previous years, and it has been forced to lay off all its employees; Disney's domestic hotel occupancy rate has also dropped from 92% to 89%. (3) The soft power of the United States has been severely damaged. Harvard experts say that the information received by the outside world about the United States is a negative narrative of government incompetence, immigration enforcement raids, and crime, and the world will no longer understand the United States. Many international travelers (including Canadians and Europeans) have said they have turned to other countries, believing that "the United States is no longer a worthwhile destination." Although car arrivals rebounded slightly in April, the recovery is likely to be slow.
