Trump Wins: Third of UK Travellers Reconsider US Holidays
There’s going to be a new man in the White House. You may have noticed this.
What effect this has on the world at large remains to be seen. However, one thing we do know is that UK travellers could be ready to turn their attentions elsewhere.
Our research, conducted before the election, shows nearly a third (31%) of UK travellers will now reconsider travel to the US following a Trump win, while one in five (20%) will definitely not consider it as a travel destination.
Other factors, such as the falling value of the pound and outbreaks of the zika virus appear to have had little impact on our desire to travel to the US, but the election result looks like a different matter.
At the end of last year, Travelzoo predicted 2016 would be the year of the US for UK travellers, and it seems we were right with the latest available figures for the first four months of the year showing a 3% rise in UK tourists to the country.
But following confirmation of a win for Donald Trump in the Presidential election that could change, with over a million UK travellers set to reconsider the country as a holiday destination.
It’s potentially good news for Canada though. Our latest research puts the USA’s northerly neighbour as the fourth most popular destination for Britons. We predict that those now reconsidering travel plans to the States could instead opt for Canada as their preferred travel destination.
How about you? Do you intend to change your travel plans based on the election result? Let us know in the comments below.