VARIOUS TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS HAVE RELEASED DATA
INDICATING THAT TOURISM IN THE UNITED STATES IS
EXPERIENCING A DECLINE AFTER TRUMP WAS INAUGURATED.
KAYAK WAS THE LATEST UPDATE TO RELEASE INFORMATION, AND
THE NUMBERS ARE STARK.
THERE HAS BEEN A 58% DECLINE IN SEARCHES FOR FLIGHTS TO Enter
LANDO FROM THE UK, WHICH, BY THE WAY, I GUESS PEOPLE WANT TO GO
TO ORLANDO FOR DISNEY WORLD OR WHATEVER, ANYWAY.
WHY THE HELL ARE PEOPLE GOING TO TAMPA?
IT'S SO BORING!
WHY ARE PEOPLE GOING TO ORLANDO?
I'M GOING TO ORLANDO SOON.
IT'S DISNEY, I KIND OF GET ORLANDO, ANYTHING OUTSIDE
OF DISNEY IS RIDICULOUS.
BUT FLORIDA, MAYBE GO TO MIAMI, IT'S MORE FUN.
UK PEOPLE, I'M TELLING YOU.
I LIVED THERE.
ALL RIGHT, A 52% DECLINE IN SEARCHES FOR MIAMI, SO THERE'S A
NUMBER FOR YOU THERE, AND ALSO SEARCHES WERE DOWN IN SAN
DIEGO, LAS VEGAS AND LOS ANGELES.
PRICES IN LAS VEGAS HOTELS ARE ALSO DOWN BY 39%, AND NEW YORK
CITY BY 32%.
SO THESE ARE PRICES FOR HOTELS, SPECIFICALLY.
WHAT ABOUT ARKANSAS?
I'M GOING TO ARKANSAS SOON, WHICH I'M EXCITED ABOUT,
AND HOSS IS BEING RUDE.
ALSO, WE FOUND THAT TRAVEL ORGANIZATIONS ARE FRUSTRATED,
BECAUSE TRUMP HAS COST THE U.S. TRAVEL INDUSTRY A WHOPPING $185
MILLION IN TRAVEL REVENUE."
SO ALL THIS TOUGH TALK ON IMMIGRATION, AND GOING
AFTER CERTAIN DEMOGRAPHICS, HAS LED TO A FREEZE ON TRAVEL.
WE CERTAINLY SEEN THAT WITH PEOPLE FROM THE MIDDLE EAST
LOOKING TO DO SOME TOURISM IN THE U.S.,
BUT ACTUALLY IT'S GONE FURTHER THAN THAT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN
INTERESTED IN TRAVELING TO THE U.S.,
WHO NOW DON'T WANT TO BECAUSE OF THE BETTER THEY ARE HEARING.
A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL SAY THAT IT'S SEASONAL, THIS ISN'T A HOT
TIME TO TRAVEL, BUT IS NOT BELIEVE THAT THIS REPRESENTS A
SEASONAL EFFECT OR CHANGE, BECAUSE COMPARABLE TO ASK
YEAR THERE WAS ONLY AN 8% DECREASE.
THAT IS WORTH NOTING THAT IT IS NOT JUST THE TIME OF YEAR, IT'S
THE TIME OF THE ERA THAT WE ARE LIVING IN.
YES, ABSOLUTELY.
NO ONE WANTS TO COME HERE.
WELL, HONESTLY, SOME OF THE STORIES THAT WE'VE BEEN
HEARING ABOUT.
YESTERDAY WE REPORTED ABOUT MOHAMMED ALI JUNIOR, AND A
FRENCH ACADEMIC SCHOLAR, WHO BOTH GOT DETAINED.
THE ENGINEER FOR NASA DEVOTION LABS.
ALL OF THESE PEOPLE ARE GETTING DETAINED AT THE AIRPORT FOR
HOURS, AND IN MANY CASES THEY ARE ACTUALLY U.S. CITIZENS.
THERE'S A REASON WHY THEY ARE BEING DETAINED, IT WILL LAST FOR
10
HOURS IN SOME CASES, AS WAS THE CASE WITH THAT FRENCH SCHOLAR.
AND SO, YEAH, IT'S SCARY, WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO RISK BEING IN
AN UNCOMFORTABLE SITUATION LIKE THAT, ESPECIALLY GIVEN SOME OF
THE RHETORIC THAT WE'RE BEING GIVEN FROM THE ADMINISTRATION.
AND JUST TO GIVE YOU SOME CONCRETE NUMBERS ON HOW MANY
COUNTRIES ARE IMPACTED BY THIS, OR AT LEAST DISSUADED FROM
TRAVELING TO THE UNITED STATES, FLIGHT DEMAND TO THE U.S.
DROPPED IN 94 OF 122 COUNTRIES.
THE NOTABLE EXCEPTION WAS RUSSIA, WHERE FLIGHT SEARCH
DEMAND TO THE U.S. WAS UP 88%.
THIS IS SO RIDICULOUS.
IT'S FAKE NEWS!
AT LEAST WE HAVE RUSSIA TRAVELING TO THE U.S.
I LOVE THE REACTION OF, IF THEY WANT TO BE HERE THEY DON'T
HAVE TO BE!
WELL YOU ARE HURTING AMERICAN INDUSTRIES.
I HAVE TO SAY, I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT PEOPLE ARE DOING AS
MUCH TOURISM IN LOS ANGELES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY!
I KNOW WE CAN USE THE MONEY OR WHATEVER.
WE HAVE ENOUGH TRAFFIC AS IT IS.
THE TRAFFIC SUCKS, DON'T COME TO LA.
IT DOESN'T FEEL THAT WAY.
DON'T BE A LIAR.
IF FEELS BUSIER THAN EVER.
SO THAT'S WHAT YOU MEAN, IT REALLY DOES.
YEAH, DON'T COME TO LA, WE ARE REALLY RACIST HERE.
I THINK IT WAS AWARD SEASON, THAT'S WHAT IT WAS.
THAT'S THE WORST PART, THEY KNOW THAT LOS ANGELES IS STILL A SAFE
ZONE FROM XENOPHOBIA, LARGELY, BECAUSE WE ARE LIBERAL HIPPIES
OUT HERE AND WE ACCEPT EVERYONE, IT'S CRAZY, IT'S A CENTURY CITY.
DON'T, DON'T GO TO LA, GO TO TAMPA.
TAB IS WHERE IT'S AT GUYS.
WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOING RIGHT NOW?
DID YOU GUYS JUST BECOME A COMMERCIAL FOR TAMPA?
TAMPA TRAVEL GUYS.
FUN FACTS, FUN LITTLE TIDBIT, CHRISTIAN WAS DRAFTED TO
THE TAMPA BAY RAYS, THE MINOR LEAGUES, OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL.
SO THAT WAS THE FIRST CITY WHERE HE PLAYED PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL.
TAMPA!