On another topic; since people have been talking about cancelling their plans to visit the US, in the travel business it's now known as "the Trump Slump."
http://www.frommers.com/tips/miscell...-united-states
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Thus, the prestigious Travel Weekly magazine (as close to an “official” travel publication as they come) has set the decline in foreign tourism at 6.8%. And the fall-off is not limited to Muslim travelers, but also extends to all incoming foreign tourists.
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On the web, flight searches for trips heading to the U.S. out of all international locations was recently down by 17%.
A drop of that magnitude, if continued, would reduce the value of foreign travel within the U.S. by billions of dollars. And the number of jobs supported by foreign tourists and their expenditures in the United States—and thus lost—would easily exceed hundreds of thousands of workers in hotels, restaurants, transportation, stores, tour operations, travel agencies, and the like.
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The following part I think was especially interesting. While the number in itself is not necessarily such a big deal, business travel obviously has an impact on economy that goes way beoynd the money the travellers themselves bring. I also diddn't expect business travel to be effected much, at least not immediately like that.
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According to the Global Business Travel Association, in only a single week following announcement of the ban against certain foreign tourists, the activity of business travel declined by nearly $185 million.
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