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[–] Suavevillain@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It is risky to come here. You anything besides English and you could be having to deal with ICE and get kidnapped.

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[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Really? Not even countries in open war saw a decline?

[–] mineralfellow@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Depends how you define "tourist," I suppose.

[–] Flagg76@lemmy.world 3 points 23 hours ago
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[–] BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I am surprised Alligator Auschwitz Concentration (soon to be death) Camp has not been touted as a tourist attraction by the white house yet.

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[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 6 points 9 hours ago

The rest of the world are such bullies.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 5 points 10 hours ago (4 children)
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[–] BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 41 minutes ago

Tourism is down? No shit!

I'm in a situation where I might have to travel with a group of students, and big boss is dead set on the US. We're talking overtime, plane tickets, car rental, hotel, and a per diem. But still I'm resigning before I'll go to the US right now. If ICE or CBP sees 10% of the stuff I've said about TACO, and politics in general, online, I'd be lucky to just get shipped home.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Not a shock knowing how things in America have changed.

[–] guyoverthere123@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

North Korea could do the craziest thing right now...

Of course they won't, but they could do a 180 and give everyone a free life.

[–] Babalugats@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ireland mustn't count (small) Their stats only go to may, but month on month they have been seeing a decline in tourism.

https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-ibt/inboundtourismmay2025/

[–] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago

You would be right to be highly suspicious of this article. I have no doubt that tourism will decline in the US. Bigly. But in no other country by even a tiny bit?

What stats do they cite?

The United States is expected to be the only one out of 184 countries to see foreign visitor spending fall in 2025, according to the World Travel and Tourism Council.

Ok, so right off the bat they mislead with their headline.

Now do those 184 countries the WTTC estimated for include war-torn ones? And they're all expected to do as well or better than last year? Press x to doubt.

Don Glover "good" gif here.

[–] Ronno@feddit.nl 3 points 4 hours ago

It's only been a couple of months. For many people across Europe, visiting the US is quite a trip, these are easily planned a year in advance. Therefore, many still visit the US, because otherwise they might lose serious sums of money. I'm curious to see what next years figures will look like

[–] richardwallass@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

That's not totally exact, France too.

[–] Smoogs@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

And Russia and North Korea

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 4 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

Israel too, our greatest ally and friend to humanity.

[–] AeonFelis@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

I'd expect Israel to see the decline at 2024. For Russia I'd expect it to be at 2022. By 2025 these countries probably didn't see a decline simply because they started from a low baseline.

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