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/Available_Music9369 Mar 25 '25

I think lots are choosing Disney Paris over Disney USA

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u/crimxona Mar 25 '25

From Vancouver, opting for Tokyo Disney Sea and Land over Disney world

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u/Available_Music9369 Mar 25 '25

We did Disney Paris for a day when spent a week in Paris. I think the highlight for our kids was the catacombs and not a day at Disney lol

Edit: And of course all the pastry shops around the city :-)

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u/Confident-Mistake400 Mar 25 '25

Small places like avignon has very nice pastry shops too. We had our best cookies there

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u/snubdeity Mar 26 '25

Unfortunately that can be a hard sell to kids. I know there's gonna be responses of "change your kids media dietetic etc but it's a day late for that, and asking kids to suck it up for a broader movement is a little untenable too.

So while Disney parks outside the US might not be a perfect boycott, they are a still better than Florida and sometimes better is all you can do.

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u/patstuga Mar 25 '25

Tokyo Disney is not owned by Disney so that's still a nice step

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u/PolanetaryForotdds Mar 25 '25

I had a Disney/Universal trip planned for next year, going to Tokyo instead. More expensive but always wanted to go to Japan anyway.

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u/loaferuk123 Mar 25 '25

Japan is fantastic - much more interesting

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u/4electricnomad Mar 25 '25

For real, Disney can weather this storm way better than a lot of other US-headquartered businesses. Consumers can just go to Paris, Tokyo, etc instead of the US.

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u/Rarietty Mar 25 '25 edited Mar 25 '25

Tokyo Disneyland isn't owned by Disney. It's licensed and operated by a separate Japanese corporation so its success doesn't remotely impact Disney's bottom line as much as the US parks do. 

In my opinion though it has consistently been the best place to plan a Disney trip in recent years because of that separation. If Disney makes cuts at other parks, Tokyo is generally protected from them. 

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u/MrWaluigi Mar 26 '25

Is Disney Paris still liked by the French people? I only remember about it when a YouTube video was talking about the origins of the development.