{"id":6796,"date":"2017-04-29T17:54:22","date_gmt":"2017-04-29T17:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=6796"},"modified":"2017-04-07T17:55:53","modified_gmt":"2017-04-07T17:55:53","slug":"linked-interest-in-travel-to-the-us-has-plummeted-since-trump-became-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/04\/29\/linked-interest-in-travel-to-the-us-has-plummeted-since-trump-became-president\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “Interest in travel to the US has plummeted since Trump became president”"},"content":{"rendered":"

via QZ<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Overall average interest in flying to the US declined 17% from the three weeks before Trump\u2019s inauguration to two weeks afterward, Hopper said, based on weekly averages of an analysis of billions of global flight searches. Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning residents of seven Muslim-majority countries a week after he was inaugurated.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last year during the same period, interest in flying to the US fell 1.8%, suggesting that the recent downturn is much more than just a seasonal fluctuation.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I wouldn\u2019t place the blame squarely on an administration change. Brexit has had a huge impact and the dollar is stronger than it has been for over a decade. Canadians and EU residents are visiting less than ever because the USA used to be a cheap place to go buy a ton of crap for your family. It\u2019s not like that anymore.<\/p>\n

But, I won\u2019t deny that the nationalism exhibited by our leadership leaves a sour taste in people\u2019s mouths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"via QZ: Overall average interest in flying to the US declined 17% from the three weeks before Trump\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","apple_news_api_created_at":"2017-04-29T17:54:43Z","apple_news_api_id":"0c0b18ea-939a-4ce9-b17d-94dc143d85eb","apple_news_api_modified_at":"2017-04-29T17:54:45Z","apple_news_api_revision":"AAAAAAAAAAD\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/w==","apple_news_api_share_url":"https:\/\/apple.news\/ADAsY6pOaTOmxfZTcFD2F6w","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"middle","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":["https:\/\/news-api.apple.com\/sections\/a6dbab72-c794-3987-8514-c419907b32a3"],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"csco_singular_sidebar":"","csco_page_header_type":"","csco_custom_appearance":"","csco_disable_excerpt_posts_layout":false,"csco_page_load_nextpost":"","csco_post_video_location":[],"csco_post_video_location_hash":"","csco_post_video_url":"","csco_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"csco_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-linked","cs-entry","cs-video-wrap"],"apple_news_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pb3IC4-1LC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7167,"url":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2017\/10\/13\/linked-the-media-really-started-paying-attention-to-puerto-rico-when-trump-did\/","url_meta":{"origin":6796,"position":0},"title":"Linked: “The Media Really Started Paying Attention To Puerto Rico When Trump Did”","author":"Adam Chandler","date":"October 13, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"via Five Thirty Eight: Two weeks ago, a FiveThirtyEight analysis found that Puerto Rico had received far less media coverage immediately after Hurricane Maria than other U.S. locations recently hit by powerful hurricanes had gotten. 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