"In 2025, visits to the US were down among 10 of the top 20 overseas tourist-generating countries, including India, Germany, and South Korea. The decline is a sustained blow to the travel and tourism industries, which in 2024 supported more than 15 million jobs, and generated about $1.3 trillion in economic output - including $181 billion from inbound international travel. Major tourism hubs like Las Vegas are seeing widespread layoffs due to the downturn, forcing workers to get creative with their career pivots. Business Insider reported earlier this month that laid-off hospitality workers contributed to a 55% increase in dancer auditions at a Las Vegas strip club compared to the prior six months."
"It doesn't appear the travel bug has gone anywhere - just that international tourists are avoiding the US. In Australia, for example, overseas arrivals and departures data released Friday by the country's Bureau of Statistics shows that international travel returned to pre-pandemic levels just before the lockdowns began in 2020. Australians travelling to Canada rose 4% in the last year, 10% more visited India, and visits by Australians to China and Japan rose 20% and 21%, respectively, but 3.2% fewer booked a trip to the US."
Visits to the US by international travelers declined for an eighth consecutive month in December. In 2025, visits from 10 of the top 20 overseas tourist-generating countries, including India, Germany, and South Korea, decreased. The travel and tourism industries supported over 15 million jobs in 2024 and generated about $1.3 trillion in economic output, including $181 billion from inbound international travel. Major tourism hubs such as Las Vegas have seen widespread layoffs, pushing workers to seek alternative roles. International travel recovered or grew in other destinations, while trade frictions and geopolitical unease contributed to reduced demand for travel to the US.
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