New York City is expected to welcome 400,000 fewer tourists this year than it did in 2024, a decline primarily driven by negative sentiment toward the United States among foreign travelers who have reconsidered their vacations.
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As it relates to Canada and Europe, this will continue, and get worse over time. It’s easy to go elsewhere for us, and the habit of doing so will be entrenched in only one year. If Trump ends, It’ll take things like “Canadian dollar at par” throughout Manhattan/LA to get us Canadians back.
So obvious in city yesterday. Took a walk to rock center and it was so quiet. Felt like height of Covid instead of first week of May which is normally already very crowded.
I had a short family vacation in NY two weeks ago. We booked before Trump II. Not sure if we would have booked if he had started his 2nd term already. Too many “We don’t like you and you’re not welcome” stories are coming from the US right now. We had a great stay by the way.
I’d love to visit a friend but there is no way that I’m taking the risks of crossing the boarder never mind the million other reasons not to as long as country descends into an imperialist authoritarian regime.
Everybody here in Germany knows about people like that 22-old German female student who ended up being put into jail and sent back in shackles to the Airport within 24 h just because she also had Mexico on her tour list. This is not the way you want to spend your rare holidays.
The new forecast sees 12.1 million international travelers, a 17 percent drop from earlier 2025 projections.
Last year, tourists spent $51 billion in New York City — with about half by foreign travelers. Spending this year is now forecast to decline by $4 billion.
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but also the price of hotels, restaurants and museum tickets! How much is a week's stay ?
https://www.budgetyourtrip.com/united-states-of-america/new-york-city
That, and negative sentiment toward El Salvador gulag.
Last year, tourists spent $51 billion in New York City — with about half by foreign travelers. Spending this year is now forecast to decline by $4 billion.