US travel industry has been hit by domestic consumers cutting back and foreigners snubbing country over Trump rhetoric.
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New York, US – Miguel Olave lives in a quiet suburb outside Wichita, Kansas, called Derby. Every year, along with his wife Alexis, Olave takes his four boys on a vacation somewhere around the United States, like Disney World or New York. This year, however, the family’s annual tradition is on pause.
“We kind of decided a few weeks ago that we just weren’t going to be doing a trip this summer because of all the unknowns,” Olave told Al Jazeera.
Olave said one of the reasons for the cuts in travel is the sheer cost of goods his family needs on a daily basis. Any extra income is no longer going towards indulgences like travel but towards the increasingly expensive grocery bill.
