Tourism Under Trump Year 1 Adversely Impacted the U.S. Brand
Skift Take
We knew 2017 was going to be a wild ride for U.S. tourism and that's certainly how it played out. Although many of Trump's policies did more harm than good for the travel industry, some could have been much worse.
As United States President Donald Trump's first year in office ends later this month, there's no question that the president already left his mark on the global travel industry regardless of your political leanings.
Trump took office on January 20, 2017, and by many measures, inherited a healthy and vibrant U.S. travel industry from former President Barack Obama.
Since January 2017, Trump issued multiple travel bans, which faced legal challenges; international arrivals to the U.S. have dropped; the White House reintroduced Cuba travel restrictions, and hurricanes ravaged parts of the Caribbean, including U.S. territory Puerto Rico, which still has about half of the population without electricity, and the Gulf Coast.
The president's first 100 days in office, a benchmark for assessing a president's initial performance in terms of keeping campaign promises and making legislative achievements, set the tone for the rest of the year. By the time Trump's first 100 days ended on Apri
