India, April 17 -- What stands out most in this unfolding tourism crisis in the United States of America is the silence.

Across the United States, destination marketing organizations, tourism boards, domestic travel associations, and industry leaders have largely avoided publicly challenging the political climate shaping their own decline. This, despite visible shifts-such as LGBTQ-focused travel pages quietly disappearing from official tourism websites-changes that are widely noticed within the industry but rarely acknowledged aloud.

The paradox is stark: an industry built on openness and global welcome is retreating into caution at home. Instead, it has fallen to international bodies like the World Travel & Tourism Council to voice co...