Following confirmation of Trump’s victory on Wednesday (6 November), TTG launched a snap poll on the issue to gauge readers’ immediate feelings.
As of 11am on Friday (8 November), more than half of the nearly 250 respondents – 56% – said they believed the US would experienced another tourism downturn following the election result.
Trump’s election in 2016 was followed by a 2% decline in visitation to the US the following year.
Nearly a quarter (23%) of respondents said they didn’t believe it would have an effect, while around one-in-five (21%) said it was too early to say.
