Germans Losing Interest in U.S. Vacations Because of Trump, Poll Finds
- Political concerns raised amid boom in long-haul travel
- Decline in trips could hurt TUI, Thomas Cook, Lufthansa
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Almost half of Germans with an interest in traveling to the U.S. won’t do so now because they feel unwelcome or don’t want to endorse President Donald Trump.
About 46 percent of Germans who would like to visit the U.S. “in principle” have changed their views on that destination since Trump took office and won’t travel there as a result, according to a survey by GfK SE published in travel-industry magazine fvw.