Tourism decreasing under Trump

President Trump’s travel ban has started decreasing tourism in America from foreigners, causing billions of potential dollars to be lost. According to the Chicago Tribune, New York being the most travelled city in America for foreigners has already seen a 2% drop in tourism this year. This will mark the first decline in New York’s tourism in eight consecutive years. With Trumps plan in act the U.S. will lose about 4.3 million international visitors which will translate to 7.4 billion deficit of lost revenue. A defect of this magnitude is not only causing airlines/airports losses in revenue but also hotels. Trump, being a billionaire needs to be more aware of these financial disadvantages he's causing in office and may also experience some of the backlashes himself owning 11 hotels.

Contrary of the ban decreasing tourism, some may argue that the media is what's giving this ban an negative connotation. "We've seen larger declines in flight-search demand corresponding to dates when the executive order has dominated the news cycle," said Patrick Surry, the Hopper chief data scientist. The reputations of anything to do with travel go along way, look at United airlines for example. Last week we experienced a video broadcasted on almost any news sight of David Dao, a passenger on United flight 3411 get violently dragged and beaten out of his seat, this has led to thousands boycotting the airline and the stock plummeting. The media can make almost any questionable situation a PR nightmare, especially with politics.

While I do understand that we rely on the media, much of Trump's campaign has been plagued with newscasters disapproval translating to the viewers. I personally have no interest in politics but watching this campaign unfold the past six months has made me much more aware of the harm done by newscasters personal beliefs unfold to the viewers.