09/03/2025

The ‘Self-inflicted Injury’ to U.S. Tourism Is Making Some Americans Angry

The U.S. is projected to lose $12.5 billion in international visitor spending this year

Joe Koenen has not seen a single Toronto Blue Jays baseball hat all summer.

Typically, Canadians will flood the streets of Seattle during the summer, but Koenen, who runs Seattle Free Walking Tours (where people pay what they can), said Canadian tourists are almost gone. Streets look emptier to him.

Canadians calling to cancel their tours “explicitly told me that it was because of the policies and the behavior of our current president,” he said.

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