The US has lost its status as the second «most visited countries»

The US has lost its status as the second «most visited countries»

The number of tourists visiting the US, has decreased significantly since the coming to power of Donald trump. It’s not just statistical information, and the factors that impact on the economy. Due to the tourism downturn during the year the US did not get $ 4.6 billion in profits and has lost 40,000 jobs.

Recent data from the National travel and tourism show that the number of incoming tourists to the country decreased by 4% to 41 million visitors, and the amount of money spent by tourists in the United States decreased by 3.3%. This forced the US to give way to the second «most visited countries» of Spain.

The US has lost its status as the second «most visited countries»

Experts argue that to a large extent the current state of Affairs is due to the zeal of the President to ban the country visit, the residents of some Muslim countries, as well as election administration explicit anti-immigrant course. To all, a weaker dollar and the strengthening of security measures across the country and on the border added to the States of tourist attraction. Even a special term appeared – «the decline of trump.»

Association travel US firmly believes that the situation should change. Representatives of the organization intend to start a campaign lobbying program «Visit the U.S.»to encourage Washington to recognize the problem and to contribute to its solution, reports The Los Angeles Times.

Note that the majority of tourists in the US come from Mexico and Canada, less so from Europe, Japan, China and Brazil.

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