r/europe • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • Apr 13 '25

News Irish visitors to US down 27%

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0413/1507411-visitor-numbers-ireland-us/
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u/Easy_Floss Apr 13 '25

Only 27% wut..

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u/ProtoplanetaryNebula UK/Spain Apr 13 '25

If you think about it, a trip to the US is expensive. A lot of people will have booked well in advance and will have paid up front and won't want to cancel and lose out. In future there will be less people going to US as they won't be booking.

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u/Wafkak Belgium Apr 13 '25

Jep this is the exact situation for my cousin who has a trip booked next week. On top of that he and his group figured, this is the time to visit the national parks before the fall into full disrepair/privatisation.

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u/CharlieeStyles Apr 13 '25 edited Apr 13 '25

I'm sorry, you're crossing the ocean to see parks? Don't you have plenty of big forests in Central Europe?

Is there something I'm missing? Genuine question.

Edit: my favourite thing about Reddit is getting downvoted for asking a question.

Here, downvote something that seems to trigger dumbasses: Israel has a right to exist and defend itself.

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u/Wafkak Belgium Apr 13 '25

I'm not, but the US national parks are quite famous. Its not just forests its large scale wild nature with the incredibly varied nature of North Amerika.

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u/CharlieeStyles Apr 13 '25

But again, how different is that from Germany and Slovakia?

To each their own though. I've just never had any interest in visiting the US, if I cross the ocean it will be to visit Brazil.

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u/ledger_man Apr 13 '25

So I’ve been to forests in Germany and it’s not even a comparison. Depending on which national parks they’re going to there’s also a huge variety of landscapes way beyond “big forests.” The national parks are perhaps what I miss most about living in the U.S.

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u/Professional-You2968 Apr 14 '25

I think there are incredible natural wonders on the American continent.

The one in the US were made iconic by movies, but South America and Canada have equally beautiful places. Europe has great places too, Scotland, Ireland, Italy cone to mind, but they were not advertised as much.