CNN: U.S. tourism industry has lost its appeal as never before seen
Source: Bekekin (backchina.com)
Recently, CNN’s “Travel Edition” published an article lamenting the loss of attractiveness of the US tourism industry. The article said that the increasingly extreme politics of the United States, as well as the unstable government, are scaring away foreign tourists. This article takes the sharp drop in Canadian (special) fans who come to the United States to watch baseball games as the entry point.
The article said that in previous years, it was part of the Major League BaseballTorontoWhenever the Blue Jays play in Seattle (Special Topic) city in northwest United States, a large number of Canadian fans will follow the team to visit this American city for fun and entertainment. However, since the beginning of this year, the number of Canadian tourists coming to Seattle has declined significantly, and some forecasts believe that the decline will reach nearly 30%. This has led to some tourism practitioners in Seattle having to move out of their wealth in order to support their business.
What makes these local tourism operators even more angry is that they believe that this is all caused by the United States itself. Because the reason why Canadians are not coming now is not that the tourism services in the United States have become worse, but that the “malice” that the US government continues to show towards Canada – including President Trump (special topic) constantly calling Canada the 51st state in the United States in the media.
Even, CNN said some Canadians would rather take a detour to Mexico than go to the United States.
However, it’s not just Canadians who don’t come. CNN reported that a British tourist who originally planned to come to the United States with his family has also changed his destination to Japan (special topic) andSouth Korea。
The British tourist said the United States had attracted them before because of the rock music, aerospace technology, jazz, Hollywood, rap, dance, innovation andappleBut now the streets of the United States show an increasingly extreme political atmosphere, and even the army has taken to the streets.
In addition to political factors, the US government’s additional $250 “visa integrity fee” for visa applications not long ago has further extinguished people’s enthusiasm for traveling to the United States.
OneFranceThe travel company manager said people’s interest in traveling to the United States has seen a “unprecedented” drop. The manager also sarcastically said that this situation would have only occurred in countries where war is in chaos, safety and health are at great risk.
Finally, a market analysis cited by CNN by the World Tourism and Travel Council in May this year stated that foreign tourists’ tourism spending in the United States will not only reduce $12.5 billion this year, but the United States is the only country among the 184 economies analyzed by the agency to have a decline in this regard.
“When other countries are opening their doors to welcome visitors, the United States has launched a sign of “receiving guests behind closed doors”, said a senior executive of the World Tourism and Travel Council. He believes that the United States, as one of the world’s largest tourism markets, is heading in the wrong direction.
