{"id":6460,"date":"2025-05-12T19:35:31","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:35:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/travel-exec-notice-foreign-tourists-are-skipping-the-u-s-this-summer\/"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:35:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T19:35:35","slug":"travel-exec-notice-foreign-tourists-are-skipping-the-u-s-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalgunowner.org\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/travel-exec-notice-foreign-tourists-are-skipping-the-u-s-this-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Travel Exec Notice Foreign Tourists Are Skipping the U.S. This Summer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ariane Gorin, CEO of Expedia, said the demand for U.S. travel has softened. Bryan Steffy\/Getty Images for Expedia Group<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As <\/span>summer <\/span>approaches, <\/span>global <\/span>travel <\/span>is <\/span>ramping <\/span>up, <\/span>with <\/span>tourists <\/span>flocking <\/span>to <\/span>countries <\/span>like <\/span>France, <\/span>Japan, <\/span>Mexico <\/span>and <\/span>Brazil. <\/span>But <\/span>noticeably <\/span>absent <\/span>from <\/span>many <\/span>travelers\u2019 <\/span>itineraries <\/span>is <\/span>the <\/span>U.S<\/span>. Travel companies<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>executives <\/span>are <\/span>raising <\/span>concerns <\/span>that <\/span>volatile <\/span>trade <\/span>policies <\/span>and <\/span>increasingly <\/span>hostile <\/span>rhetoric <\/span>under <\/span>the <\/span>Trump <\/span>administration <\/span>are <\/span>driving <\/span>a <\/span>decline <\/span>in <\/span>inbound <\/span>U.<\/span>S. <\/span>tourism.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cWe absolutely have seen a decline in popularity of foreign travelers coming to the U.S.,\u201d said Ellie Mertz<\/a>, chief financial officer of AirBnb<\/a>, during the company\u2019s quarterly earnings call earlier this month. \u201cIt\u2019s not necessarily that people don\u2019t want to travel\u2014they are just using different destinations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In <\/span>December, <\/span>research <\/span>firm <\/span>Tourism <\/span>Economics <\/span>projected <\/span>an <\/span>8.8 <\/span>percent <\/span>increase <\/span>in <\/span>international <\/span>arrivals <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>U.<\/span>S. this year<\/span>, <\/span>along <\/span>with <\/span>a <\/span>16 <\/span>percent <\/span>surge <\/span>in <\/span>visitor <\/span>spending. <\/span>But <\/span>last <\/span>month, <\/span>the <\/span>firm <\/span>slashed <\/span>its <\/span>forecast, <\/span>now <\/span>anticipating <\/span>a <\/span>5 <\/span>percent <\/span>decline <\/span><\/a>in <\/span>inbound <\/span>travel\u2014<\/span>translating <\/span>to <\/span>an <\/span>estimated $<\/span>9 <\/span>billion <\/span>in <\/span>lost <\/span>spending.<\/span><\/p>\n

A dwindling interest in the U.S. is especially pronounced among Canadians, according to Mertz. \u201cCanada is the most obvious example, where we see Canadians are traveling at a much lower rate to the U.S., but they\u2019re traveling more domestically,\u201d said the executive, who noted that Canadians are also venturing abroad, just not the U.S.<\/p>\n

Expedia<\/a>, which also owns travel companies like Hotels.com and Trivago, has <\/span>reported <\/span>a <\/span>similar <\/span>trend. <\/span>Inbound <\/span>travel <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>U.<\/span>S. <\/span>declined <\/span>7 <\/span>percent <\/span>during <\/span>the <\/span>first <\/span>quarter <\/span>of <\/span>the <\/span>year, <\/span>said <\/span>Scott <\/span>Schenkel, <\/span>the <\/span>company\u2019s <\/span>chief <\/span>financial <\/span>officer, on a recent earnings call. <\/span>Travel <\/span>from <\/span>Canada <\/span>alone <\/span>plunged <\/span>nearly <\/span>30 <\/span>percent.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>We\u2019re <\/span>still <\/span>continuing <\/span>to <\/span>see <\/span>pressure <\/span>on <\/span>travel <\/span>into <\/span>the <\/span>U.<\/span>S.,\u201d <\/span>said Expedia CEO <\/span>Ariana <\/span>Gorinon the same <\/span>call. \u201c<\/span>Europeans <\/span>are <\/span>traveling <\/span>less <\/span>to <\/span>the <\/span>U.<\/span>S. <\/span>but <\/span>more <\/span>to <\/span>Latin <\/span>America.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The <\/span>ripple <\/span>effects <\/span>are <\/span>being <\/span>felt <\/span>beyond <\/span>the <\/span>lodging <\/span>and <\/span>booking <\/span>industries. <\/span>Uber<\/a> <\/span>has <\/span>reported <\/span>losses <\/span>tied <\/span>to <\/span>reduced <\/span>inbound <\/span>U.<\/span>S. <\/span>tourism. <\/span>Prasanth <\/span>Mahendra-<\/span>Rajah, <\/span>the <\/span>company\u2019s <\/span>CFO, <\/span>disclosed <\/span>that <\/span>weaker <\/span>travel <\/span>numbers <\/span>have <\/span>contributed <\/span>to <\/span>lower <\/span>gross <\/span>bookings <\/span><\/a>per <\/span>trip <\/span>in <\/span>2025.<\/span><\/p>\n

Hilton<\/a> <\/span>CEO <\/span>Christopher <\/span>Nassetta <\/span>also <\/span>flagged <\/span>the <\/span>decline <\/span>during <\/span>the <\/span>company\u2019s first-quarter <\/span>earnings <\/span>report, <\/span>saying <\/span>that <\/span>visitation <\/span>from <\/span>Canada <\/span>and <\/span>Mexico <\/span>dropped <\/span>by \u201c<\/span>high <\/span>single <\/span>digits\u201d <\/span>over <\/span>the <\/span>last <\/span>quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n