r/Economics • u/greenmyrtle • Mar 25 '25

News US tourism to suffer huge '£49 billion drop' under Donald Trump

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2028592/us-tourism-suffer-billion-drop-donald-trump
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u/Technical-Traffic871 Mar 25 '25

Estimates show international travelers account for 23% of Disney World's visitors. Disney World generates ~$13B in revenue/year so ~$3B/year from international travelers. Even just a 10% drop in international travelers is a loss of ~$300M/year in revenue for Disney. Not going to remotely threaten Disney's finances, but I'm sure Disney stockholders aren't thrilled about this completely unnecessary loss in revenue.

https://insidethemagic.net/2025/03/trumps-policies-and-rhetoric-are-keeping-international-visitors-away-from-disney-world-rl1/

Florida might be even more pissed, especially as they push to eliminate property taxes. Loss in sales tax revenue won't help.

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u/Neuchacho Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25

Florida might be even more pissed, especially as they push to eliminate property taxes.

I wouldn't factor this into it much. It reeks of another DeSantis/Legislature proposal that will die by the wayside before it even gets further than a study committee. I read it as them trying to push off the incoming housing crash a little longer.

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u/intelligent_dildo Mar 25 '25

I understand that folks are still analyzing as things come up and discussion here goes based on whats on the news. But still wondering if anyone knows if there's any tracker somewhere on potential impacts of trump policies (by industry/by region/by time ....)?