外國游客減少，紐約人責怪特朗普

For the first time in seven years, New York City officials expect the number of foreign visitors to decrease, a drop they attribute to the protectionist policies and rhetoric of President Trump — saying that those moves are scaring off many of the visitors who have helped fuel the city’s robust growth since the last recession.

七年來的頭一遭，紐約市官員預計到訪的外國游客人數(shù)將會減少。他們將下滑歸咎于特朗普的保護主義政策和措辭，聲稱這些舉動嚇跑了很多游客，自從上次衰退以來，這些游客對紐約經(jīng)濟的強勁增長起到了推動作用。

On Tuesday, the city’s tourism marketing agency, NYC & Company, plans to announce that its forecast for international visitors has turned from positive to negative since Mr. Trump was elected in November. The city now expects to draw 300,000 fewer foreigners this year than in 2016, when 12.7 million international visitors came, a decline that will cost businesses in the city that cater to tourists at least $600 million in sales, the agency estimates.

周二，紐約市旅游營銷機構(gòu)NYC&Company計劃宣布，自從特朗普11月當選以來，他們對國際游客的增長率預測由正值變?yōu)榱素撝?。該機構(gòu)估計，今年到該市旅游的外國人將比2016年的1270萬人減少30萬，這種下滑將導致該城旅游企業(yè)的銷售額至少減少6億美元。

Fred Dixon, the chief executive of NYC & Company, said Mr. Trump’s statements and actions had changed perceptions about the hospitality of the United States just as prospective tourists are making vacation plans for 2017. “The Europeans start coming to New York around Easter and continue through summer,” Mr. Dixon said in an interview. “That’s when you’ll see the rhetoric out of Washington really having an impact on travel.”

NYC& Company的首席執(zhí)行官弗雷德·迪克森(Fred Dixon)說，就在潛在游客為2017年的假期做規(guī)劃的時候，特朗普的言行改變了人們對美國熱情好客的看法。“歐洲人在復活節(jié)前后開始前往紐約旅游，這個趨勢會持續(xù)整個夏天，”迪克森先生在接受采訪時說。“到時候你就會看到華盛頓的言論對旅行的影響了。”

He said American tourism promoters were “just sort of holding our breath” in anticipation of a revision of Mr. Trump’s aborted plan to ban arrivals from seven mostly Muslim countries. “Regardless of the specifics, it’s pretty clear the message is going to be unwelcoming,”

Mr. Dixon said. 特朗普禁止來自七個以穆斯林為主的國家的人入境的計劃之前流產(chǎn)了，迪克森說，美國旅游業(yè)推動者“好像是在屏住呼吸”，等著特朗普頒布這個禁令的修訂版。“無論具體細節(jié)如何，這個信息都不會受到歡迎，這一點很清楚，”他說道。

News reports about that plan, which could be released on Wednesday, could further dampen interest in visiting New York City, which is the most popular American destination for foreign tourists, Mr. Dixon said.

該計劃可能會在周三公布，相關(guān)新聞報道可能會進一步打擊游客前往紐約市的積極性——紐約是外國游客最喜歡的美國旅游目的地，迪克森說道。

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

白宮沒有立即回應時報的置評請求。

The rest of the country is expected to see an even larger decline in foreign tourism over the next two years, said Adam Sacks, president of Tourism Economics, an international firm that forecasts travel trends for several cities in the United States, including New York. He said the annual number of foreign visitors to the United States could fall by 6.3 million between 2016 and 2018 because of reactions to Mr. Trump’s words and actions, such as pledges to pull out of international trade agreements.

為包括紐約在內(nèi)的幾個美國城市進行旅行趨勢預測的國際公司——旅游經(jīng)濟(Tourism Economics)的總裁亞當·薩克斯(Adam Sacks)表示，在接下來的兩年里，美國其他地方的外國游客規(guī)模甚至會出現(xiàn)更大的降幅。他表示，在特朗普承諾退出國際貿(mào)易協(xié)議之類的言行影響下，美國的外國游客數(shù)量在2016年至2018年間每年可能會減少630萬人。

“We’re going to be looking at a very challenging year for U.S. travel,” Mr. Sacks said.

“我們將面臨對美國旅游業(yè)非常具挑戰(zhàn)性的一年，”薩克斯說。

He said indicators of interest in visiting the United States, including online searches for airline tickets and hotels, started dropping after the election. They dipped again after Mr. Trump’s inauguration and fell further after he signed an executive order on the travel ban, Mr. Sacks said.

他表示，包括上網(wǎng)搜索機票和酒店信息在內(nèi)的赴美旅游意愿指標，在總統(tǒng)大選后都開始下滑。薩克斯還提到，這些指標在特朗普宣誓就職后再次下滑，在他簽署有關(guān)旅行禁令的政令后，更是進一步下跌。

“The data are all showing a pretty dramatic shift in behavior and interest,” he said. “That certainly accelerated since the executive order.”

“所有數(shù)據(jù)都在顯示，人們的行為和興趣出現(xiàn)了劇烈的轉(zhuǎn)變，”他說。“在那條政令出來之后，這種轉(zhuǎn)變無疑加快了。”

Mr. Sacks said his firm had a “solid track record” of forecasting tourism, but he added that there was less certainty in estimating what he called “Trump impacts.”

薩克斯稱他的公司在預測旅游業(yè)趨勢方面有“相當不錯的表現(xiàn)記錄”，但他也表示，在評估他所說的“特朗普效應”方面，把握相對較小。

ForwardKeys, a Spanish company that tracks travel, said that it saw an “immediate slump” in bookings of flights to the United States after the travel ban was announced, including a 13.6 percent drop in Western Europe.

追蹤旅游信息的西班牙公司ForwardKeys表示，在旅行禁令宣布之后，預定美國機票的人數(shù)“驟降”，其中西歐地區(qū)下降了13.6%。

To combat the perception of a less hospitable climate, NYC & Company plans to start replacing some of its advertising overseas with billboards that declare that the city is “Welcoming the World.” Mr. Dixon said the city was “doubling down on our welcome message.”

為改變將出現(xiàn)更加不好客環(huán)境的看法，NYC & Company計劃開始更換它在海外的一些廣告，換成宣稱這個城市“歡迎四海游客”的廣告牌。迪克森表示，紐約在“雙倍加強我們的歡迎信息”。

Alicia Glen, the city’s deputy mayor for housing and economic development, said it was not New York City’s style to turn people away.

負責住房與經(jīng)濟發(fā)展事務的副市長艾麗西亞·格倫(Alicia Glen)表示，將人們拒之門外不是紐約城的風格。

“We’re a place that welcomes everybody,” Ms. Glen said. “It’s in our values and in our economic interest. We’ll keep reminding visitors what we stand for, so we can keep this both the most internationally visited and the safest city in America.”

“我們是一個歡迎所有人的地方，”格倫說。“這是我們的價值觀，也是我們的經(jīng)濟利益所在。我們會持續(xù)提醒游客注意我們的立場，這樣才能讓這里繼續(xù)成為美國國際游客最多、最安全的城市。”

New York still expects a slight increase in tourism this year, but only because of an increase in domestic visitors, Mr. Dixon said. NYC & Company forecasts that the city will attract 61.7 million visitors, up from 60.7 million in 2016, with an increase of 1.3 million domestic visitors offsetting the decline of foreign travelers.

迪克森表示，紐約今年的游客人數(shù)依然有可能出現(xiàn)小幅上漲，但這是因為國內(nèi)游客數(shù)量的增加。NYC & Company預計，相比于2016年的6070萬，紐約2017年將吸引6170萬國內(nèi)外游客，新增的130萬國內(nèi)游客將抵消國外游客的減少。

Before Mr. Trump’s election, the city had been expecting an increase of 400,000 foreign visitors in 2017, Mr. Dixon said. That swing will be very costly to the city’s economy, he said, because foreign tourists stay longer and spend more freely than domestic tourists. On average, foreigners spend about $2,000 in the city, compared with about $500 for Americans.

迪克森表示，在特朗普當選之前，這個城市預計在2017年將增加40萬國外游客。他表示，這種變化對該城的經(jīng)濟而言代價慘重，因為外國游客比國內(nèi)游客的停留時間更長，花錢更大方。外國游客在這個城市的平均消費是2000美元，相比之下美國游客為500美元。

“We were looking forward to a really strong 2017,” Mr. Dixon said. “Travel is a very precious commodity and people have choices. Once the vacation of 2017 is gone, you don’t get that back.”

“我們原本期待一個表現(xiàn)強勁的2017，”迪克森說。“旅游是一種非常昂貴的商品，人們的選擇很多。一旦2017年假期過去，就再也回不來了。”