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Montevideo, December 22nd 2024 - 14:42 UTC

Tag: US Tourism

  • Monday, November 8th 2021 - 20:54 UTC

    Tourists welcome again in US after 20 months

    The lifting of the travel ban does not mean entry into the United States will be fully open

    The Government of the United States Monday reopened the country's land and air borders Monday to foreign visitors who are vaccinated against COVID-19.

  • Thursday, January 25th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

    The US tourism industry is suffering from the “Trump slump”

    The US “Trump slump”, points to the president's America First rhetoric and anti-immigrant comments, as well as tighter visa rules for some countries

    Travel to the US is falling, a decline some in the tourism industry blame on US President Donald Trump. The number of international visitors fell by 4% in the first seven months of 2017, according to the US National Travel & Tourism Office and the trend occurred across all regions, with Africa and the Middle East reporting some of the most dramatic declines.

  • Monday, January 15th 2018 - 10:54 UTC

    US Tourism Partners apologizes for President Trump's derogatory remarks

    “The United States of America, will remain to be a great country, a welcoming country, and a beautifully diverse melting pot of a country”.

    Whether travelers are visiting the United States from a “shithole country” or from Norway, the US is welcoming tourists and immigrants with open arms. Juergen Steinmetz, the chairman of the Hawaii (USA), Brussels (Belgium), Seychelles, and Bali (Indonesia)-based International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP), a leading global travel and tourism organization, responded to US President’s Donald Trump’s “shithole country” remark when referring to an immigration issue in the United States.