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.
I don’t have exact numbers so I’ll make up a few to illustrate why you may be wrong about the headline.
Imagine the tourism levels in the USA were at 70% at the beginning of the year and now they’re at 30%. That’s a 40% decrease in tourism.
Now imagine the tourism levels in South Sudan were at 2% at the beginning of the year (keep in mind they’re an active war zone) and they’re at 1% now. That’s only a 1% decrease.
Now do you see how the USA could have the largest decrease in tourism this year?
But if we included those countries we wouldn’t be able to condemn America with our shocking but false headline.
I don’t have exact numbers so I’ll make up a few to illustrate why you may be wrong about the headline.
Imagine the tourism levels in the USA were at 70% at the beginning of the year and now they’re at 30%. That’s a 40% decrease in tourism.
Now imagine the tourism levels in South Sudan were at 2% at the beginning of the year (keep in mind they’re an active war zone) and they’re at 1% now. That’s only a 1% decrease.
Now do you see how the USA could have the largest decrease in tourism this year?