Mexican tourists don't want to visit Trump's America. It will cost us billions

[babylonsister]

Mexican tourists don't want to visit Trump's America. It will cost us billions
(April 14, 2017)


Rafael Sifuentes Barba normally spends Holy Week visiting the United States. It’s a tradition Barba started when he got his tourist visa four years ago, and he’s enjoyed traveling to San Antonio, New York and San Francisco for shopping and sightseeing. He says he often spends $1,000 a day on such trips.

But this year, Barba canceled his Easter week trip, along with the jaunt he usually makes in December for Christmas shopping.

“I decided not to go until anti-Mexican sentiment decreases,” said Barba, a legal advisor for the congressional human rights committee. He said he’s also stopped buying Nike shoes and Washington state apples in favor of products made in Mexico or other countries.

As Mexicans take time off during the week leading up to Easter, some travel industry experts say they're seeing a major drop in interest in travel to the United States. Whereas travel to the U.S. is a daily necessity for many Mexicans living on the border, for others it’s a luxury experience they'd rather enjoy elsewhere, in a place they feel more valued — perhaps other parts of Mexico, perhaps Europe or Canada.

Tourism Economics, a global research firm, estimates that lost visits from Mexico to the U.S. this year will total 1.8 million — a 7% drop from the previous year — with direct economic loss of $1.1 billion.

The firm estimates that Mexico-to-U.S. travel will diminish even further in 2018, with 2.6 million lost visits and direct economic losses totaling $1.6 billion.

Barba, for one, said he will wait until President Trump leaves office to return to the United States.

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http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-us-travel-20170414-story,amp.html

[Sculpin Beauregard]

1. I will say as a Canadian, neither do we

while Cheeto is in office.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. It ain't only Mexicans who don't want to visit here. It's most of the world.

[kimbutgar]

3. When I was in Europe last month a lady I met on the airplane told me her family

Is cancelling their yearly trip to the US because of chump. She couldn't understand why we went from having an educated wise man Obama as president to having the buffoon chump.