Spanish tourism in the United States is shot in April and accumulated in the year | The economy
Donald Trump’s nationalist rhetoric, Its dialect and commercial attacks to other countries, Your approach of Migration expulsions Some discrete events on the border have caused fear in the tourism sector to cause a strong downfall of the United States visits. Temporary statistics show a turn in the arrival of tourists, students and business commuters. In the case of Spanish tourists, visits in March fell 32.5%, but 47.7% of the holy weekly calendar was removed in April. When the first four months accumulate, Spanish tourism in the United States increases by 1.2% and when they are considered as students and work tours, this increase is 1.8%, according to the official data of the Department of Commerce.
Together, in the first four months of the year, 10.16 million visitors have reached the United States from abroad (countries with Mexico and Canada, the United States with special accounting), with a very different consequences of the world’s fall 0.2% and countries. Statistics showed a lot of fell until March, but the holy week was distorted.
However, there are indications that Trump is intimidating tourism. Of those 10.16 million visitor, 8.12 million tourists, 1.1% lower than January and April 2024. The setback is not very large, but this growth in January is 7.1% and the sector expects a record year. Trump was recovered on January 20, Most of the trips were made in that month or scheduled before returning to the White House.
Computing Canada’s statistics will intensify the fall, which contributes to about 28% of visitors. The decline in Northern neighbors was already 9.8% in February and March and showed that Canadian statistics intensified in March and April. Last month, residents returned to Canada after trips to the United States 19.9% by air and 35.2% per car, automobile, According to Canada’s statistical office.
Trump is particularly hostile with Canada. Was awesome with the idea of taking over the country And he imposed tariffs on his products, he violated the trade agreements he had negotiated. The attitude of the president of the United States He unveiled the nationalist wave in Canada, Excluding us products and canceling holidays in that country. AIRBNB has identified it Canadians travel less to the United States and Mexico.
In the selection of the tourism destination, there are many factors beyond its attraction, including the conversion rates, the evolution of the economy of the country with the origin of the origin, so that it is difficult to establish patterns. In the Canadian case, the fall is obvious due to Trump’s attitude and they may also be His desires to obtain Greenland control Those who have seen a 11% decrease in visits from Denmark.
On the contrary, the geographical political model has been associated with their governments – Argentina (+25.6%), Israel (+20.8%) and Italy (+9.9%) to inspire the arrival of tourists, workers and students, but it has been advised to make resolutions.
It is more difficult to predict the role of fear in tourism evolution. Refuse to the border of a French scientist (according to France, For his messages against Trump; According to the United States, by Violate the Privacy Agreement At an American research center) and the long arrests of Germans Lucas Silaf and Jessica on the Mexico border. The total arrival from France is 8.3% (9.7% for tourists) and 7.1% from Germany (8.8% for tourists). And perhaps with withdrawing genofobic rhetoric, expulsion and temporary protection status, Haiti (-29%), Venezuela (-17.8%), Nicaragua (-22.9%) and other Latin American countries.
In 20 major countries (always excluded Mexico and Canada), the arrival will increase nine and return to another 11. The greatest decline of that group is corresponding to Ecuador, South Korea and Chile. On the other hand, most visitors come from Argentina, Israel and Italy, United Kingdom, Brazil, Japan, China, Taiwan and Spain.
In the Spanish case, official figures rose 1.8% in the first four months and reached 260,354. Most of the visitors are tourists: 210,887, 1.2%, but the most increased business trips (4.5%, 37,804 tickets) and students (up to 4.4%, 11,663).
In the Spanish case, it seems that something has changed with Trump, as the arrival of tourists increased by 6.5% in January. Statistics measure the arrival of residents in Spain and measure their nationality and the country they have accessed. Most of the visits include logically air (244,630), then land (9,494) and the sea (4,809). The average age of Spanish visitors is 40.1 years and favorite destinations are New York (75,028), Florida (62,163) and California (23,222).
Negative instructions
The high season begins now and expectations for tourism in the United States are negative. The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC). A report was published in the first part of this month. Therefore, the WTCC for the international visitors in the United States is less than $ 169,000 million this year, with over 181,000 million in 2024.
According to the study, the United States is the only country in 184, with the analysis of WTTC and Oxford Economics, where the cost of international visitors in 2025 will decrease. “This is a call for attention to the United States government,” he said when the WTTC president and director Julia Simpson submitted the report. “The largest global economy in the sector and tourism sector is in the wrong direction, not due to lack of demand, and other countries are deploying the red carpet, while the United States government has warned that the IAAG Group has a high set of” closed poster “.
“Without emergency measures to restore international passenger’s confidence, it takes several years to return to international visitors’ expenditure levels before the United States epidemic, which is not even a maximum of 10 years ago. This is possible, but it is possible, but it is possible, but it is necessary to leadership from Washington,” he said.
