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Boston tourism leaders urge planning for FIFA, Tall Ships and 250th while watching federal travel shifts
Summary
City tourism leaders described strong post‑pandemic recovery but warned that federal actions affecting travel and targeted country policies could reduce visitors; officials are planning neighborhood activations and infrastructure for the summer of 2026 events including FIFA and Tall Ships.
Boston tourism and economic‑inclusion officials told the City Council on April 29 that tourism has largely recovered since the pandemic, but federal policy changes affecting travel could dent international visitation and complicate plans for a busy events calendar in 2026.
Shagan Idowoo, chief of the Office of Economic Opportunity and Inclusion, said Boston’s recovery has been driven by tourism: “When it came to travel through Logan, we saw that bounce back the quickest, not only meeting where we were in 2019, but exceeding, travel patterns,” and that hotel occupancy and airport traffic are returning to 2019 levels.
Idowoo warned, however, that federal…
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