U.S. to See 6 Percent Drop in International Inbound Travel Over Next 3 Months
Photo Credit: Roger Dow, the CEO of U.S. Travel Association U.S. Travel
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There may be scant official guidance saying travelers shouldn't visit the U.S., but it looks as though coronavirus is resulting in a sharp drop in international arrivals nonetheless.
The U.S. Travel Association forecasted that the nation will see a 6 percent year on year drop in international inbound travelers over the next three months. The prediction comes from the the latest instalment of its Travel Trends Index.
The drop is the sharpest in the index's five year history, and would be the biggest drop in such arrivals since the 2008 financial crisis. The travel economists from Oxford Economics who compile the report warned that the impact from coronavirus is likely to worsen when data becomes available for February, as this report only captures data from January.
