The World Travel & Tourism Council's 2024 Economic Impact Trends Report revealed the United States. was the world’s most powerful travel and tourism market in 2024, contributing a record-breaking $2.36 trillion to its economy in 2023 alone. Following such tourism success, travel forecasting company Tourism Economics anticipated back in December 2024 that the U.S. would have nearly 9% more international arrivals in 2025 than the previous year, but that was before global perception of the U.S. shifted following the Trump administration's political controversies, which have been driving international tourists, many from big-spending allied countries, into the arms of Canada instead. Since then, the company has revised its predictions to a 9.4% drop, while warning the steepest tourism

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