Travel Searches to U.S. Decline Since Trump Ban


Flight searches to the United States have declined since President Donald Trump signed an Executive Order banning travel from seven mostly-Muslim countries.

Research by travel data site Hopper has seen a drop in interest in flying to the U.S. from many countries with the exception of Russia, which is up 88%. Searches from China are down 33%, Ireland down 32%, Australia down 25%, Brazil down 16%, UK down 9%.

San Francisco has seen a larger decline in travel searches according to Hopper Research compared to NYC and Boston on the East Coast.

Here are some results from the Hopper study:

  • A notable exception is Russia where flight search demand to the US is up a whopping 88%.
  • Weekly search demand for flights to the US is down 33% from countries included in the travel ban
  • Hopper has seen little impact on pricing so far, but the airfare market typically takes weeks rather than days to react
  • Last year, Hopper saw only a 1.8% decline for the comparable time period which suggests the change is not a simple seasonal effect

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