If you were living in Belgium or Brazil and thinking about visiting the U.S. this year, might you be a bit hesitant?
A recent poll by the Pew Research Center found that 49% of foreigners surveyed in 37 nations held a positive view of the U.S. That contrasts with a 64% positive view at the end of the Obama administration.
The decline in tourism amounted to about $1.7 billion for the U.S. tourism industry. Heck, if I didn’t live here, I sure wouldn’t visit. Not when I could go to Italy, or Australia, or Japan, or Namibia. None of those countries are governed by racist idiots.
(Information for this post is from Elaine Glusac, “Flow of Tourists to U.S. Declined in First Quarter,” nh (20 Sept. 2017), p. A18.)
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