NYT: "Empty Rooms and Plunging Prices: World Cup Tourism Is Off to a Slow Start" no mention of Trump.

[edhopper]

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/19/travel/world-cup-tourism-us-canada-mexico.html?emc=edit_tl_20260620&nl=travel-dispatch&segment_id=221819

My comment: The omission of Trump as a contributing factor in this is glaring, even for the Times.

[Srkdqltr]

1. The stands look full on tv.??

[edhopper]

3. Key matches on TV

and avoiding showing the empty seats.

[SSJVegeta]

5. But some key matches are in places like Boston where tourism os off the charts and pubs are running out of beer

[RPM]

6. Other than the kilts and the accents, hard to tell the Scots from the locals

Not much risk of ICE profiling a bunch of white fans.

My guess is that the less-white nations are staying home more than the Europeans

[SSJVegeta]

7. I agree that the nom white nations are starting home much more

In part because of the racist visa restrictive for sure. But also because of more limited economic mobility

[dalton99a]

2. "Last year, the United States was the only major nation to register a decline in international tourism."

Wonder why

[SSJVegeta]

4. Unless youre Boston