by After the backpackers Rebecca Burke had been arrested and locked up by US immigration officers for almost three weeks, she asked people not to travel to America.
The British seem to have listened: The number of people in Great Britain visited in the United States fell by 14.3% in March, compared to the same month in 2024, as official figures show.
Analysts believe that Donald Trump’s claim that other countries have “cheated” the Americans and reports on deportations may have had a terrifying impact on the trips to the United States. But the March -Dip may simply be an early warning of a major fall in summer, as tourists are usually celebrated months in advance.
“As soon as we are in July, August, September, most of these trips will have been booked,” said David Edwards, founder of the scattered Clouds Travel Consultancy.
“But if there is less global trade, there will be fewer international business trips. Business trips are booked with a much shorter lead time.
Spring is difficult to analyze for travel areas because Easter is moved in the calendar. Could the comparative decline simply be the impact of the Easter school in March 2024? It seems unlikely that the numbers of the US travel agency and tourist offices appear an even larger decline of 16%compared to March 2019 when Easter took place on April 21 and Trump approached the end of his first term.
Travelers from other countries also seemed to avoid visitors from Western Europe in March, who stayed in the United States at least one night, had dropped by 17% in March compared to the year. German visitors fell by 28.2% and Spanish by 24.6% compared to 2024. Overall, the global trip to the United States was 11.6%. The UK residents are the largest number of overseas visitors in the United States at 3.9 million per year.
TtgThe Travel Industry Magazine published a survey last week that showed that two thirds of travel agencies that contacted them were of the opinion that there was a downturn into bookings, while only 12% of the operators had not been affected. The demand for hotel rooms in the USA can also fall. Jan Freitag, National Director of Hospitality Analytics at Costar, who pursues the occupancy of the hotel room, said that the strong dollar led to a decline in visitors of 8% in 2024.
“So now with the rhetoric that is going on, I am very concerned that we will continue to see the travel figures on 2019, maybe even from 2024,” he said. “Say:” You are cheating on us, you have a surplus, so we will put a tariff ” – that rhetoric is not very inviting.”
Investigations by Visitbritain in 2022 showed that international travelers “Destination an inviting place for a visit” is the second most important factor when choosing a vacation.
After advertising for deportations by tourists, including Germans and Australians, the British and German governments have updated their travel advice in order to warn citizens of the risk. The incidents can also affect the attraction of the World Cup 2026 – currently in the USA, Canada and Mexico, with the later KO levels in the USA and the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in 2028, said Friday.
“Next year will be very big … If I am a German father with two boys and want to show them the World Cup, I will really spend $ 1,000 per pop for a flight price and the hotel and the ticket, if there is even a remote chance that I will not be able to bring it into the country? I will not take this risk. Not everyone thinks, but some people will do it, but some people will do it.”
Clare Collins, co -founder and Chief Operations Officer for CT Business Travel said that she would give a decline in leisure trips to the USA in the summer, but had not yet seen any influence on business trips.
“We don’t see any dramatic effects on business trips yet, but that could change in two weeks,” she said. “I find [in] The long -term leisure market, people will choose to spend their money elsewhere. “
If the dawn into travelers from Great Britain turns into a large fall, some airlines can start cutting routes, said Edwards, and this could affect the British economy.
The British travel industry recovered from the Covid pandemic, mainly because American tourists flocked to Europe, and a strong dollar that made hotels more affordable in London and Paris.
“The Europeans may think that I am not sure whether the United States is an inviting place to visit,” said Edwards. “It could also be that Americans think how welcome I would be if I go to Europe this year?”
