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US tourism set to lose roughly 29 billion dollars in 2025

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by channingcrowderhungry, Jul 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM.

  1. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM #1
    channingcrowderhungry

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    This is what happens when you piss on the rest of the world. Florida and California being hit the hardest. Not surprisingly Canadians have the largest decrease in people visiting.

    "Last month, a study from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) that analyzed the economic impact of tourism in 184 countries revealed the U.S. was the only country forecast to see international visitor spending decline in 2025."

    "From the anticipated $16.3 billion increase in revenue to a loss of between $8.3 billion (Tourism Economics estimate) and $12.5 billion (WTTC estimate), the U.S. is facing a shortfall of $25 billion to $29 billion this year."

    Trump Policies Will Cost The U.S. Up To $29 Billion In Tourism
     
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  2. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:14 PM #2
    duggers_dad

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    Chump change. Or should I say Trump change ?
     
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  3. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:24 PM #3
    fwbgator

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    Good thing we have all those tariffs to make up for the losses....
     
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  4. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM #4
    mikemcd810

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    Yes, I think we can all be happy that instead of that money being directly injected into economies like Florida, it will be collected as a tax by the government and re-distributed to the top 1% thanks to the BBB.
     
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  5. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM #5
    wgbgator

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    TBF, fewer tourists in Florida would be on the list of things I would payer higher taxes for ... not sure about everyone else depending on revenue from out of towners
     
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  6. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:29 PM #6
    duggers_dad

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    Triggered Canadians will slink back eventually.
     
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  7. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:34 PM #7
    channingcrowderhungry

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    Tourism, as annoying as it is, is legitimately trickle down economics.
     
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  8. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:37 PM #8
    wgbgator

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    Yeah, I was mostly joking there. I know too many people dependent on tourist & entertainment money. But for me personally, kind of annoying sometimes with traffic and crowds.
     
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  9. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:41 PM #9
    gatormonk

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    Smaller crowds at Disney.
     
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  10. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM #10
    tilly

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    DeSantis' recent barb about Canadian's coming here to see what Stanley Cup winning teams look like was pretty good though. :D

    #GoBolts :emoji_zap:
     
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  11. Jul 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM #11
    sierragator

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    Those are American owned business with American employees taking the hit. America first indeed. :oops:
     
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  12. Jul 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM #12
    vaxcardinal

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    I think most people will be getting a tax break
     
  13. Jul 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM #13
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    Do they realize that we do NOT need them to make our cars? Their war on Christianity might piss someone off... The mistakes that all of Western Europe has done with their push against freedom of speech and immigration (in the last 20 years) is being repeated by the Canadians right now. The Nihilists are out of control over there.
     
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  14. Jul 30, 2025 at 8:28 AM #14
    gator95

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    It was 100% dumb of trump to antagonize Canadians and it's backfired. Just a dumb decision and yet another reason I'm happy I never voted for that idiot.
     
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