The US Will See a $12 Billion Travel Deficit in 2025, Data Shows

The US is on track for a very bad tourism year.

According to new data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), shared exclusively with Bloomberg, the country is set to lose $12.5 billion in travel revenue in 2025, with visitor spending estimated to fall under $169 billion by year’s end. The numbers represent a decline of around 7% in visitor spending year-over-year, and a decline of 22% since tourism reached its peak in the US in 2019.

This puts the US in a league of its own. Out of 184 global economies analyzed by WTTC in conjunction with Oxford ...