Research & Industry Impact

U.S. Travel hosted a webinar featuring a deep dive into the latest travel forecast

The U.S. Travel Fall 2025 update projects slower growth for travel in 2025, but higher growth rates in 2026 and beyond. Spending is buoyed by continued growth in domestic leisure travel despite economic concerns. International inbound travel is projected to decrease in 2025 for the first time since 2020, but to resume growth in 2026 driven by U.S. hosted events such as the FIFA World Cup and America 250 celebrations. The forecast data is driven by Tourism Economics' travel forecasting model.

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The latest U.S. Travel and Civitas Tax Study examines lodging levies and taxes across 100 destinations, providing members with critical intelligence on where rates are rising, how funds are being allocated and what it means for your market.

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U.S. Travel's eye-opening study with Euromonitor found that the United States ranks second to last out of 18 top travel markets in terms of global competitiveness. Decades of underinvestment and a lack of federal focus caused the U.S. to fall behind, while other countries implement robust strategies to increase international visitation and grow economic output.