{"id":36730,"date":"2026-02-18T14:32:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/18\/europe-loses-hold-on-american-tourists-woos-chinese-india\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:32:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T06:32:00","slug":"europe-loses-hold-on-american-tourists-woos-chinese-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/02\/18\/europe-loses-hold-on-american-tourists-woos-chinese-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Europe loses hold on American tourists, woos Chinese, India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese and Indian tourists are set to make up \u200bfor a potential slowdown in \u2060growth from U.S. travellers to Europe this year, according to a survey published on Wednesday by \u200bthe European Travel Commission, \u200cwith international arrivals to the continent set to rise by 6.2%.       This is the first sign of a slowdown in the \u200bpost-pandemic boom in American travel to Europe, driven by a strong U.S. dollar and economic resilience in North America.       An earlier study from industry group the European Travel Commission \u200cshowed that \u200cAmericans were less intent \u200bon travelling to Europe in 2026 than in 2025, a trend driven by worsening economic concerns and geopolitical instability.       While Chinese arrivals to Europe are set to rise by 28% compared to 2025 and \u200bIndian arrivals to climb by 9%, traveller numbers from the Americas were seen growing by just 4.2%.       According to data from aviation intelligence platform Cirium, bookings from Europe to \u200bthe U.S. between October 7 and end January fell 14.2% year-on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chinese and Indian tourists are set to make up \u200bfor a potential slowdown in \u2060growth from U.S. travellers to Europe this year, according to a survey published on Wednesday by \u200bthe European Travel Commission, \u200cwith international arrivals to the continent set to rise by 6.2%. 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