As businesses gear up for tourism to ramp up this fall, those focused on recreation are seeing fewer reservations — sounding the alarm bells that the slower summer season wasn’t just an anomaly this year.

Representatives from the Utah Office of Tourism at the Moab Chamber of Commerce’s monthly luncheon on Sept. 16 outlined obstacles the country is facing in regards to international tourists visiting the state.

Geopolitical friction has spiked since President Donald Trump took office, with representatives pointing to high-security border patrol and immigration enforcement, creating uncertainty for travel to the U.S.

Global Markets Director Rachel Bremer said that because of negative sentiment circulating on social media, a journalist from the United Kingdom is concerned about traveling t

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