No surprises. Take a look back to Quarter 1, 2017 and a look forward to Quarter 1, 2018.
“The international travel market is ultra-competitive, and the U.S. is falling behind.” – Roger Dow, CEO of U.S. Travel Association (USA Today).
“It means that we are seeing substantial declines in international travel. Our concerns are being realized.” – Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, Oxford Tourism Economic Group (USA Today).
“What we’ve been saying in the Inbound Report since last November.” – Jake Steinman, Founder, eTourism Summit, NAJ Group (LinkedIn).
About 700,000 (or 4 percent) fewer international tourists arrived in the U.S. during the first three months of the year, including:
- Steep drops from Africa and Middle East
- 10 percent drop from Europe
- 7 percent drop from Mexico
- $2.7 billion in reduced spending
Recommended reading: Get the July 2017 Travel Trends Index (with a 3-month and 6-month Leading Travel Index*) analysis from Oxford Economics via U.S. Travel Association here.
Read a summary of U.S. Commerce Department statistics from Quarter 1 2017 in USA Today here.
* Consumer sentiment data from the Conference Board provide a long-term trend of consumer attitudes that can be tracked with future travel patterns; online search and bookings data provide a window into traveler planning based on data from ADARA and nSight, and data from ARC (Airlines Reporting Corporation) measures bookings.
