Trump’s travel ban may be keeping honeymooners closer to home

President Trump’s proposal to temporarily ban travel from several Middle Eastern countries may be forcing couples to rethink their honeymoon destinations.

Trump has proposed two separate immigration bans since taking office in January, both of which were challenged and halted by federal courts. Travel industry leaders have said they worry that the proposed bans are sending the message that the U.S. doesn’t welcome visitors — a message that could hurt the nation’s $2.1-trillion travel industry.

But they might also affect the travel plans of the nation’s newlyweds.

A survey of 400 soon-to-be married couples by an online wedding registry found that 18% say the travel ban has forced them to alter their honeymoon travel plans, and 10% say they are likely to spend less on their trip.

Caption Whittier Law School is closing, due in part to low student achievement

Whittier Law School will stop accepting new applicants and close after its current students graduate. (Video by Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Whittier Law School will stop accepting new applicants and close after its current students graduate. (Video by Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Caption Devastation in a Syrian neighborhood

The Los Angeles Times’ Patrick McDonnell surveys the devastation of war in a neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria.

The Los Angeles Times’ Patrick McDonnell surveys the devastation of war in a neighborhood in Aleppo, Syria.

hugo.martin@latimes.com