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Tourism to the US is in a 'Trump slump' - truth or fiction?

  • Written by Bing Pan, Associate Professor of Tourism Management, Pennsylvania State University
Travel is up around the world -- but not to the US.Rawpixel.com/shutterstock

Are fewer people visiting the U.S. now that Trump is president?

Some have blamed the Trump administration for a sharp downturn in international tourist arrivals in 2017, as measured last September. A more recent revision of the numbers suggests that might not be accurate.

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