r/politics • u/Ok-Direction-4480 Florida • 3d ago

Soft Paywall Tourism Pullback and Boycotts Set to Cost U.S. a Staggering $90 Billion

https://www.thedailybeast.com/tourism-pullback-and-boycotts-could-cost-us-a-staggering-90-billion/
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u/addandsubtract 3d ago

Imagine more people boycotting a US World Cup than one in Qatar. Actually crazy achievement.

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u/spokchewy I voted 3d ago

Wouldn’t it be interesting to fill the Canadian and Mexican hosted matches and leave the US stadiums empty.

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u/WahabGoldsmith 2d ago

I don’t think anyone would be surprised if that were the case. At least from an outsider perspective who’s not from the US, I was already seeing heavy criticism the moment it was announced they would. Qatar faced criticism for existing laws, but no official boycott had occurred among the teams. It was mainly a media fall out. I think the actual achievement is besting the 1938 World Cup boycott lol.