Trump's immigration, trade policies could cost $12 billion in losses for tourism industry: report

The US economy could lose out on billions of dollars this year as President Trump’s policies hamper the tourism industry, according to a report.

The administration’s mass deportation efforts, costly trade war, anti-LGBTQ legislation and, most recently, a travel ban on 12 countries have hammered foreign arrivals and spurred anti-US boycotts.

The backlash from foreign visitors is expected to cost the US economy a whopping $12.5 billion this year, according to the World Travel & Tourism Council.

However, the organization’s estimates have been vastly off the mark in the past. It predicted that growth in the country’s travel sector would slow significantly in 2017 after Trump’s surprising first election victory, but the number of visitors actually jumped amid a worldwide upswing in tou