Old Fort Niagara Loses International Visitors at 300-Year-Old Site as Tariffs and Curbs Hit Tourism
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Updated · Times Tribune of Corbin · Jul 25
Old Fort Niagara Loses International Visitors at 300-Year-Old Site as Tariffs and Curbs Hit Tourism
3 articles · Updated · Times Tribune of Corbin · Jul 25
Summary
Old Fort Niagara is seeing a sharp drop in international visitors, adding to a tourism slump at the 300-year-old border landmark during the peak summer season.
Bob Emerson, the site's executive director for nearly 30 years, said busloads of tourists once arrived regularly from New York City, but COVID-19 wiped out tour groups and many never returned.
Foreign travel has weakened further as global tariffs, conflict, immigration restrictions and broader economic strain shrink cross-border tourism.
The decline underscores how geopolitical and economic pressures are reaching local U.S. attractions that depend on overseas and regional visitors.