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Tourists Give Up on the United States of America

Sarah Kopit

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Affordability issues, visa wars, and travel bans have made the U.S. a completely different destination for international visitors. Here’s how it will change U.S. tourism in 2026.

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  • The Train Renaissance Arrives and Airlines Are All Aboard
  • Music Residencies Are Big Money for Live Tourism – and Every City Wants In
  • Q&A: Experiential Retail Becomes One of Travel’s Biggest Untapped Assets
  • Asia’s Must-Have Travel Flex Is Great Skin
  • Travel Marketers Try to Woo Large Language Models
  • Travel’s Sustainability Fairytale Won’t Get Its Happy Ending
  • Tourists Give Up on the United States of America
  • Connected Journeys: Hospitality Becomes an Always-On Relationship
  • Q&A: Timeshare Owners Defy the Travel Slowdown 
  • The Luxury Bubble Will Just Get Bigger
  • Q&A: Travel’s High-Stakes Era Redefines What Care Means
  • Cracks Emerge in the Online Travel Agency Oligopoly
  • The Fastest Route Through the City Will Soon Be Above It
  • Teetotalling Travelers Are Just Saying No to Booze
  • Self-Driving Cars Move Beyond Novelty, Giving Travelers Back the Luxury of Time
  • Q&A: Accommodation Curation Will Change the Loyalty Landscape
  • Vibe Coding Will Unleash a Tsunami of Travel Startups
  • Q&A: Africa Emerges as the Next Frontier of Luxury Travel
  • Q&A: Asia’s Luxury Resurgence Realigns the Global Travel Order

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