…analytics company Tourism Economics… updated outlook now estimates an 8.2% decline, led by about one quarter fewer Canadians visiting the US from January to July, compared to the same period in 2024.
The World Travel and Tourism Council, a global tourism advocacy organization, projected in May that the United States will lose $12.5 billion in international visitor spending in 2025, the only country out of 184 economies the council analyzed that will see a decline this year.
Who in their right mind would go to the US? The only reason dfat (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trace) is still categorising the USA as “Exercise normal safety precautions” is because of geopolitics.
It’s wild that we rank it above other destinations.
I would choose China over the US to travel to, any day of the week, and have multiple times.
China is massively authoritarian, no doubt, but they’re not going through random travellers social media posts. Even if you’ve posted negative things about China (watch Polymatter’s video on Chinese censorship, if you’re curious)
I mean, unless you’re actively and famously criticising the Chinese government. In which case, probably don’t travel there and be accused of being a spy or something 😅
In any case, I feel much, much safer travelling to China than the US.
That article is sobering. Bolding is mine.
Who in their right mind would go to the US? The only reason dfat (Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trace) is still categorising the USA as “Exercise normal safety precautions” is because of geopolitics.
It’s wild that we rank it above other destinations.
I would choose China over the US to travel to, any day of the week, and have multiple times.
China is massively authoritarian, no doubt, but they’re not going through random travellers social media posts. Even if you’ve posted negative things about China (watch Polymatter’s video on Chinese censorship, if you’re curious)
I mean, unless you’re actively and famously criticising the Chinese government. In which case, probably don’t travel there and be accused of being a spy or something 😅
In any case, I feel much, much safer travelling to China than the US.