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'A hostile state': Why some travellers are avoiding the US
As the list of nations issuing travel warnings to the US grows, some visitors are opting to boycott it entirely. Here's why many foreigners are changing their travel plans.
"In the last several weeks, we've received 10-plus leads from Canadians seeking to relocate events from the United States this summer," said Diarmaid O'Sullivan, director of sales & marketing at Hamilton Princess Hotel & Beach Club Bermuda. "When international business travellers forgo coming to the US, everyone from exposition booth builders and general service contractors to venue caterers and individual skilled labourers suffer – not politicians or the government. "Visitor numbers declining in the US sends a signal that the US is losing its soft power – the influence it once held through openness, cultural leadership and global goodwill," said Neri Karra Sillaman, entrepreneurship expert at the University of Oxford and author of the forthcoming book Pioneers: 8 Principles of Business Longevity from Immigrant Entrepreneurs.
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