Comments on: How The U.S. Government Shutdown Affects Traveling Americans And Visiting Non-Citizens

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Tue, 19 Nov 2013 12:18:50 +0000

In reply to Bob.

The White House recently released this report:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/reports/impacts-and-costs-of-october-2013-federal-government-shutdown-report.pdf

By: Bob

Bob — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 14:42:59 +0000

Has someone quantified an estimate of how much the US govt lost during the govt closure. I mean closing down national parks and museums is bad enough.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 16:04:13 +0000

In reply to Andy. Now that the shutdown has ended, it will be interesting if figures are released on both the passport delays and the affect on tourism since October 1st. And the latter might not even tell the entire story, since it's difficult to quantify tourism revenue.

By: Andy

Andy — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 22:15:17 +0000

I think that the biggest affects to travelers have been the shutdown of the parks and monuments. I have read a number of blogs recently that talked about how they missed out on exploring Yellowstone or some other famous park because of this shutdown. Passports and visas will likely be affected somewhat, but it won’t be too drastic as you mention many things have become automated.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:07:25 +0000

In reply to Aktar. My pleasure Aktar.