280,000 Florida tourism jobs erased. May never recover.

[Swede]

https://www.whatjobs.com/news/florida-tourism-collapse-how-trade-war-with-canada-erased-280000-jobs-and-52-billion/

[Scrivener7]

1. Welp ...

[Johonny]

2. Womp womp

[SWBTATTReg]

3. Only 1 person to blame 100%...tRUMP...

[SergeStorms]

6. With an assist to DeSatan.....

he's not totally blameless in all this.

[tanyev]

10. Interestingly, the article manages to write a lot of words on the topic without once naming Trump.

Florida is experiencing one of the most severe tourism collapses in modern American history, and it’s not from a hurricane or pandemic. 280,000 jobs have been erased, more than $52 billion wiped from a single state economy, and an entire winter tourism system hollowed out in less than two years. This devastation was caused by a trade war-driven political rupture between the United States and Canada that transformed tourism into an economic weapon and trust into collateral damage.

What began as hostile rhetoric, tariff threats, and diplomatic disregard has escalated into a structural economic shift that may be irreversible. Canadian visitors once injected between $38 billion and $42 billion into Florida every year, but within a single winter season, that flow collapsed by more than half. This is not a local Florida story—it is a national warning about how political miscalculation can destroy consumer relationships that took generations to build.

In the 12 months following the escalation of the trade war between the United States and Canada, Florida experienced one of the sharpest demand withdrawals ever recorded in a developed tourism economy. Open source tourism data, airline capacity reports, and state-level labor estimates all point to the same conclusion: the Canadian exit was sudden, synchronized, and devastating.

What triggered the breaking point was not one policy, but a convergence of factors. Tariff threats targeting Canadian aluminum, lumber, and agriculture coincided with increasingly confrontational political rhetoric. When Canada was publicly framed as economically subordinate, the message landed with force. Canadian media amplified it. Retirement associations debated it. Consumer groups acted on it.

🤨

[maxsolomon]

17. "What triggered the breaking point was not one policy, but a convergence of factors."

Then they list 2 that are 100% direct from MFer. Tariffs and "confrontational" rhetoric.

Too cute by half.

[Coventina]

19. I love this for Florida!

May they continue to reap the rewards of the seeds they have sown.....

[tanyev]

4. I imagine Mar a Lago always needs dishwashers and spa attendants...

[SergeStorms]

5. It's not only Canadians.....

WHO WE LOVE DEARLY, but normal, nontoxic Americans as well.
I know I'll never set foot in Florida again, and I used to live there.

Screw DeSatan and all of his Trump-loving fascists.

Hit 'em where it hurts.

[TheFarseer]

8. I think also

A lot of Americans are cutting back on travel because money is tight.

[SergeStorms]

12. In the greatest economy in the history of economies?

I believe you're 100% correct on that observation.

[Bengus81]

28. I've cut back because that POS is in the WH,and so it will be until he's hauled out in a box

or rolled out because of a massive stroke. Don't care,just make it soon.

[LtTx]

33. I live in Houston

and I will never step foot in Florida again! There are also many places in Texas I wouldn't visit- easier to list where I would visit- Houston/San Antonio/Austin and South Padre island!

[kerouac2]

7. Ouch that's going to leave a mark

Wonder which Dems they're going to try to blame

[Bengus81]

31. Dems should be shouting endlessly that Republicans say NO GUNS

Let those fuckers spend all THEIR time trying to deny what Trump said.

Learn to fucking message Dems!

[RockRaven]

9. That's what Florida chose to happen. Repeatedly.

So congrats on getting what you chose, I guess.

[Prairie Gates]

11. ...

I will never step foot in Florida until they elect at least one Dem Senator.

[dickthegrouch]

13. I hope the government has plans for all those unemployed people.

Which don't include fruit picking 100miles from their homes each day.

We should be hammering on the intended consequences and the lack of planning that went into all the foreseeable job losses that have occurred in multiple industries as a result of the uncontrolled flailing by the GOP, Congress, and pResident.

[dickthegrouch]

14. My Kayak settings are set to exclude flights through Miami, and DFW

Thankfully Copa Airlines flies direct from SFO to Panama City, and thence to my frequent South American destinations.

[Ritabert]

15. I'll never go back and I used to live there.

[Jilly_in_VA]

16. Yeah, I ain't going to FloriDUH anytime soon

I swore that when DeSatan was elected. I love Sanibel, but no. Just NO.

[RT Atlanta]

18. republicans did this to florida....

which is too bad because there are some good non-republicans in that state and my family has always enjoyed trips to Disney and the Forgotten Coast.

this is truly 'republican leadership' in action.

[NNadir]

20. I've been avoiding Desantis land for years. I did have to go once...

...for a scientific conference but I kept my wallet closed against anything non-essential.

[bromeando]

21. Canada

Canadians won't want to come to the US after trump continues to attack the Canadian sovereignty.

[patphil]

22. It isn't just the Canadians who aren't coming, it's the Europeans also.

Who wants to go to a country where masked agents can yank you out of your car, and treat you with disdain?

[nycbos]

23. Where are these numbers coming from?

While I don’t doubt there’s been a decline the number 280,000 seems a little high to me

[Phoenix61]

32. I'm in what was a Canadian winter hotspot.

They are gone. I mean completely gone. Can’t say I blame them.

[nycbos]

34. Me neither

I’m aware of the numbers our way down but the number 280,000 jobs lost seems a little high

[GiqueCee]

24. Republicans are all in...

... on the total destruction of America from within. They are filthy fucking traitors who want to rule over the ashes of whatever is left when Satan calls Trump home, which can't be soon enough. But we will teach them the error of their ways. Boy Howdy, will we ever teach them!

[DemocracyForever]

25. The price of not counting all of the votes in 2000!

[twodogsbarking]

26. It's mostly warm there in winter. Other than that..............

[Buddyzbuddy]

27. Oh wellll.

[ShazamIam]

29. Florida got what it voted for, 56% for Trump 43% for Harris.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024_United_States_presidential_election_in_Florida

[ChicagoTeamster]

30. The cruise ships should re-home in US Virgin Islands and offer packages including the airline tickets to accommodate

Since there will be more flyers they can work with airlines and Virgin Airlines tourism bureau to mitigate cost increase and the tax dollars still go to a US territory, just not to FL.

[LilElf70]

35. I knew it was bad

But I had no idea it was this bad. 280K jobs? 52M? Just goes to prove, everything he touches, anyone associated with him....... I think you know the rest of the story here.

Nevermind. I've already wasted too much time talking about him, I'll never get back.

That is all.