Brexit won’t stop Brits from traveling to the US but they may spend less when they get here, according to the US Travel Association.
The association says it is monitoring the situation since the UK voted to leave the European Union last week, but it is confident people will still travel.
Before the vote, the increasing strength of the dollar against the pound had a ‘modest’ impact on spending, with a record 4.9 million people traveling to the US from the UK in 2015, an 18% increase over the previous year.
However, their spending decreased upon arrival. Department of Commerce statistics showing UK visitors spent $12.6 billion in the U.S. in 2015, a five-year low.
US Travel Association vice president for government affairs Patricia Rojas-Ungar said any immediate impact will not be felt as most UK visitors who plan to visit the US this summer have already made their bookings.
