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The US Is on Track to Lose $12 Billion in Travel Revenue in 2025
The United States is the only nation projected to feel an international tourism slump this year.
Tourists look over the Grand Canyon at sunrise in Arizona.
Photographer: Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesThe US is on track for a very bad tourism year.
According to new data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), shared exclusively with Bloomberg, the country is set to lose $12.5 billion in travel revenue in 2025, with visitor spending estimated to fall under $169 billion by year’s end. The numbers represent a decline of around 7% in visitor spending year-over-year, and a decline of 22% since tourism reached its peak in the US in 2019.