The US tourism industry lobby has said that the post-2001 changes have reduced the number of foreign tourists to the US. But most such inbound tourism is concentrated in "blue" states (the "red" states that receive a good share of such tourism are the sparsely populated ones like the mountain west and Alaska), which means that such concerns are likely to be ignored by a president catering to a base that lives in "red" states that receive less inbound tourism.

Similarly, outbound American travelers are more likely to live in "blue" states than they are to live in "red" states. Again, a president who caters to a "red" state base will likely ignore the concerns of "blue" state voters.