I think we will see this trend continue across the board, we`ve already seen it from our friends to the north...................not sure why anyone would feel "welcomed" Florida's international tourist numbers are down so far in 2025 DeSantis has dismissed reports that Canadians would stay away from Florida because of Trump’s actions By Jim Turner, the News Service of Florida on Wed, May 21, 2025 at 10:16 am https://www.orlandoweekly.com/news/...rist-numbers-are-down-so-far-in-2025-39569047
I have lots of friends in other countries. Let's just say the motivation to come to the US isn't there anymore. Even companies are less likely to send people here for business trips because it's such a pain in the ass.
My business partner's wife is a Ukrainian national here on a refugee visa. They're married and she's in the process of getting her (permanent?) visa. We went to Poland on business and she was afraid to come because she wasn't sure if she could get back into the country and even be arrested by ICE. That's lost airline ticket revenue and everything else that goes along with taking a plane- parking, food and snacks and whatever else at the airport. Extrapolate that out to multiple people and it's lost jobs, which is lost revenue for the economy. I know this isn't the D&D, but it's not even political, it's a stark reality that we have to deal with.
Good ole Tony - when he was running Las Vegas he was pouring a lot of money into real estate and homes like three blocks from my house. The huge lion statutes were still up greeting people as they entered the gates to his home - they were finally taken away maybe 5 years ago. I told the owner to call me if they ever wanted to sell them, according to local Tony picked them out and loved them.
There is a portion of the United States that is xenophobic and nativist. They do not want people from outside the USA visiting the USA, they do not want Americans to visit outside of the USA and they do not want to have any immigrants entering the United States. There are reasons for this - but the reality is that there are also severe economic consequences for it.
Vegas needs the "You talked to me for X seconds" fee to tack onto the bill. "That'll be five dollars!" This is a friendly automated call/text from the hotel to you. We would like to thank you for staying with us. We hope you enjoyed your stay. Your check-out time is in 1 hour. You spoke to our service staff for a total of 539 seconds during your stay at 2 cents a second for a total cost of $10.78 . This will appear on your bill as "UTALK2USx539". Thank you. You have a good day!
I'm starting to see ridiculously low airline fares again which means people aren't travelling as much. You can fly to Europe for less than 600 dollars this fall.
