Where do travelers go when they are not going to the US?

This year, the United States has lost about $ 30 billion in international tourism when the country’s political environment and the strong dollar continue to restrain foreign travelers from visiting.

In early 2025, the US Travel Association predicts Costs for foreign trips will rise to $ 200.8 billion This year.

However, noting the “sharp and widespread” fall of the arrival, the World Travel and Tourism Council in May in May is forecast International visitors’ expenses will drop to $ 169 billion a year.

The lost profits should benefit other countries – in particular Canada and Latin America – as travelers are looking for other directions or decided to stay in their countries and regions.

In the first half of 2025 Canadian arrival in the US fell almost 18% per yearIt is a drop in more than 1,750,000 visits, the US International Trade Administration reports.

A lot of Canadians turn to domestic travel, which helped push the country In July Hotel Filling Level Up to 77.6%The highest level since 2019, reports the real estate data provider Costrum. “Canada is a strong pass” – a summer tourism initiative, marked as a holiday of power and unity in the country – has increased visits to the Canada Museum, historical monuments and national parks, the government reports, the government reports, the government reports, the government reports, the government reports, the government reports This week.

Other Canadians continue to go south by flying rather than the US. According to a research firm for tourism.

“We see that more Canadians are heading to Mexico, Latin America and the Caribbean,” Adam Sachi said, president of the company.

Booking Holdings Data also show that Canadians are increasingly choosing Mexico as a place of travel, reports a representative Journey CNBC.

According to the Accenture consulting firm, Latin America also addresses more travelers from Europe. A spokesman, like the Caribbean, attracts Europeans looking for alternatives to the United States.

A CNBC poll with 6000 international travelers Southeast AsiaMade Milieu Insight, showed that among those who revise the trips to the US, most said they plan to travel in South -East Asia or East Asia and then Europe and Oceania.

Singapore Traveler Rahul Jane told CNBC Travel that he had already booked a trip to Australia this year, and he is now considering going to the UK or France.

“Europe is still attractive to me,” he said. But. He added that the United States is “getting out of my list”.

In the first half of 2025, the United States welcomed about 1 million international visitors compared to the same period in 2024, reports Government data.

But compared to 2019, by the end of the year, 13 million less international visitors.

At the same time, travel arrival increases to other countries.

“The countries, which are projected to the largest income in international visits regarding 2019, are Spain, Saudi Arabia and Turkey,” he said, which are expected to receive 16.5 million, 14.5 million and 14 million more travelers respectively.

The US’s share on world international trips decreased from 8.4% in 1996 to 4.9% in 2024, as other markets and new markets were developed, Saxi said.

In the early 2000s, the share of US cross-border travel declined, and then took another hit during the first term of President Donald Trump, according to the tourist economy.

This year, it will fall again if the US share in the world international arrival will drop to 4.2%, Sachi said. And, according to the forecasts, will remain at this level For the next decade he said.

“The United States is losing its share again in 2025,” Saxi said. “We don’t expect it to go to this share in our forecast horizon.”

Meanwhile, arrival in other major tourist draws – including France, Greece, Mexico and Italy – will be increased this year.

This shows that “as it was scary for the United States compared to competing areas,” Saxi said.