The United States was the world’s dominant travel and tourism market in 2024, according to a 2024 Economic Impact Trends Report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC). In 2023, a record-breaking $2.36 trillion was added to the U.S. economy from tourism. Tourism Economics then predicted a 9% increase in international arrivals in 2025 compared to 2024. However, political tensions and negative perceptions of the U.S. have been keeping international tourists away, steering many travelers from big-spending allied nations to visit Canada instead. As a result, Tourism Economics did a complete 180; it revised its predictions to a 9.4% decline in international visits to the U.S., and again earlier in August to an 8.2% drop—and drop, it has.

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