As U.S. Tourism TANKS - Newsom BEGS Canadians To Vacation In California

As U.S. Tourism TANKS - Newsom BEGS Canadians To Vacation In California

April 18, 2025

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Donald Trump's trade policies and aggressive rhetoric and propaganda, is hurting the American tourism sector by discouraging foreign travelers from visiting the United States, according to a recent analysis.

The White House's escalating trade war with Canada, China, Mexico and the European Union, combined with other factors, could weigh heavily on foreign tourism in the U.S. this year, the report from Tourism Economics found. Canada accounts for the sharpest projected decline in travelers to the U.S., with the firm forecasting a 15% drop in the number of visits from the U.S.' northern neighbor in 2025.

Overall, international travel from all foreign countries to the U.S. is dropping, according to the report. Factoring in diminished spending by Americans traveling domestically this year, overall travel spending in the U.S. could drop up to $64 billion in 2025, according to Tourism Economics, a unit of investment advisory firm Oxford Economics.

"The negative effects of an expanded trade war scenario will reach U.S. hotel room demand in 2025," Tourism Economics said in the report. "Domestic travel will be negatively affected by slower income growth and higher prices while international travel to the U.S. will be hit by a trifecta of slower economies, a stronger dollar and antipathy towards the U.S."

The group's forecast assumes the U.S. moves ahead with an additional 25% tariff on imports from Canada and Mexico, a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum from all countries, and additional levies on Europe, Taiwan and other nations, along with retaliatory trade restrictions.

Governor Gavin Newsom, in a video, is urging the two million Canadians who visited last year to look past U.S. President Donald Trump and return to enjoy the Golden State's wine, sun and surf.

Newsom, without calling out Trump by name, says Canadians should not let a dust-up with Washington stop them from renewing their love affair with his coastal paradise.

"Sure, you know who is trying to stir things up back in D.C., but don't let that ruin your beach plans," Newsom says in the video, which is part of a $5.2 million U.S. advertising effort to lure Canucks back over the border.

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