According to one analysis of Commerce Department data, the decline in tourism during 2017 affected 40,000 jobs and came with a $4.6 billion 👈🏼spending drop.
Tourism is the seventh largest employer in the US economy.
$947 billion 👈🏼in spending in 2015, is braced. Previously, the economic impact of the bans was felt immediately; European tourism interest in the U.S. dropped 12% after the first controversial travel ban.