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“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
Is it, tho? Is it really mind-boggling?
Has this head of US Travel Association perhaps been frozen in stasis for the past 24 months? I'm not sure how else they could perceive what's happening as anything other than normal and expected.
Small minds are easily boggled
Probably used GROK to compose that response.
America.gov "super intelligence" (which curiously still has an "AI", not "SI", content warning)
I know we have Leoparts Ate My Face, but I think we really need Casablanca Backroom Casino Raid (or some better, snappier name)
Good- so far. However It needs to get much worse.
Only 50% of 2019 levels. Surprised it’s even that high.
The World Cup is my guess
Partly self-inflicted??? PARTLY???
US Government: "Foreigners are not welcome here!"
Foreigners: stop coming here
US Government: surprised Pikachu
US to try to force commercial airliners to land in US territory irrespective of final destination
Forced tourists will be given 60 minute head-starts to collect their luggage from the carousel before ICE agents begin their pursuit.
Trump’s solution: TARIFFS!
This is basically how Elon responded to advertisers not buying ads on X.
I thought he told them to "go fuck yourselves".
I mean Trump is doing roughly the same just not with words.
How could Joe Biden do this to us, Pikachu?!
Detaining a number of the visitors at the border certainly didn't help.
I pretty much used to vacation in Vegas exclusively but with resort fees the value isn't there. I priced airfare and a week of hotels in NY vs Tokyo and Tokyo is much cheaper. I've gotten too used to easy access to cannabis so that and communication in English are my priorities for my next trip; I'm targeting Vancouver.
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
I'm trying to imagine the mindset where it can possibly be mind-boggling. They drank the MAGA Kool Aid?
We're all trying to find who could've done this...
Wow. Getting near covid levels. I have a tourism business and that was basically death for us.
Why no visit Ameristan?
I used to be a fan of that term, but now I think it's too much of a pejorative toward the 'stan countries. I've been going with American't or the Citizen's United Democratic Republic of American Sub-States (CUDRASS).
It’s actually Nazi Ameristan. You know, like Nazi Germany
Some people chose to not see America.
For comparison:
UN Tourism - World Tourism Barometer
Global tourism data, trends & insights, including: United States