Hotel industry reeling as government shutdown puts millions of workers on edge

Millions of hotel workers are facing an uncertain future ahead of the holiday season as the prolonged government shutdown weighs on the industry.

Dozens of industry associations representing hotels nationwide penned a letter to the leaders of the House of Representatives and Senate, urging them to end the government shutdown, which is in its 28th day.

Each day the shutdown persists, the American Hotel and Lodging Association (AHLA) estimates that it costs the economy $31 million in lost activity that would have been generated by hotel stays. As of last week, the AHLA estimated that the hotel industry had already lost $650 million in business. About 9.2 million jobs are supported by the U.S. hotel industry.

An industry insider told FOX Business that there is a lot of uncertainty among