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With the new government, the US president has made massive government cuts and issued tariffs, which has led to an immigration crackdown.In the United States, a recent presidential authority always arrives with policy modifications. However, the dizzying speed with which President Donald Trump has issued executive orders and made sweeping federal changes during the first month of his second term has made much of the world wonder what the long-term impacts of these changes might be and what else is yet to come.
By threatening and instituting tariffs on longtime allies, that moves to overhaul the US immigration system promising mass deportations and empowering unelected billionaire Elon Musk to fire thousands of the federal employees and potentially shutter entire agencies that Congress establishes. Trump has reached out swinging in his second act. while the policy shifts are likely to have a huge impact on the US travel industry.
From the immigration rules to trade wars, these changes will make the travel to and within the US a lot more complicated and way less appealing. It is like placing up a giant 'Do not enter' sign just as the world is bringing around into full travel mode, "expressed Kristin Winkaffe, who is the founder of the travel firm Winkaffe Global Travel. He also said that if you make it harder for people to get visas, then fewer people will come.
No mode of the travel has been more scrutinised in recent weeks than the aviation industry. In the past month, the four fatal plane crashes in the US have led to confidence in air travel to drop from 71% of Americans believing air travel is safe in January 2025 to 64% in February.
With Trump threatening to tariff Canadian oil starting in March, experts expect gas prices to rise as much as $0.15 per gallon, potentially affecting holiday road trips.
Similarly, the federal funding for train travel seems to be an area that the Trump administration has eyes cutting. As a part of the recent spending freezes, the US Department of Transportation is under scrutiny, in particular for its rail-related spending. The experts think this is likely to affect 22bn$ in annual Amtrak funding, the development of the high-speed rail corridors and intercity passenger rail service, and grants for the railroad safety programs.
