Time - The U.S. was the only country among 184 analyzed in May that the World Travel & Tourism Council projected to see a decline in visitor spending in 2025. While the WTTC estimated a shortfall of $12.5 billion from last year, Forbes suggests that the real shortfall from 2025 expectations is closer to $25 billion based on previous estimates anticipating growth.
New charges levied on visitors may only add another deterrent.
The Republican Party’s massive tax-and-spending legislative package, dubbed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which Trump signed into law on July 4, includes several provisions adjusting the fees immigrants and visitors will have to pay to enter the U.S.
The most notable of these for tourists is a new “visa integrity fee” of at least $250, to be paid by “any alien issued a nonimmigrant visa at the time of issuance.” According to the bill’s text, the fee cannot be waived or reduced and will be adjusted in future years for inflation.
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No sane person from another country would vacation here with the fascists running the border patrol. Stay home until DC recovers its sanity and the Republicans are permanently exiled to a placethey have caused to be too hot to live.
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