Westerners increasingly hesitant to travel to US out of fear of arrests and detentions as Trump enforces crackdown

Summary

The US tourism industry faces a major decline as harsh immigration policies deter visitors.

High-profile detentions of Western travelers have led to a forecasted 9% decrease in visits, reversing a previously expected 5% rise, and risking a $64 billion loss.

Germany and the UK updated travel advisories following detentions of citizens without clear visa violations.

Canadian tourism also dropped significantly amid tariff threats. Denmark and Finland warned transgender travelers about entry issues.

Experts cite anti-immigrant rhetoric and unpredictable enforcement as key deterrents.

  • xenomor@lemmy.world
    1331·
    3 days ago

    Good, this gives me a little hope that the rest of the world is starting to understand how awful the US is, and that there just might be a few actual consequences for that awfulness.

    • sloppychops@lemmy.caEnglish
      6·
      3 days ago

      The nature and scenery in the US is honestly stunning, and you’re lucky to have the NPS to make all of it so accessible.

      In saying that though; there is natural beauty everywhere you look in the world and it’s very easy, and often cheaper to go elsewhere.

      • Azal@pawb.social
        11·
        3 days ago

        and you’re lucky to have the NPS to make all of it so accessible.

        Give it a couple years…

          • Azal@pawb.social
            1·
            2 days ago

            I mean… there’s a good side. We don’t have the manufacturing for heavy equipment and we’re pissing off the world so it might take a couple years before we actually have the heavy equipment to strip mine our national parks.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
      181·
      3 days ago

      Note this means tourist areas should see prices drop on food in grocery stores because the supply was being created pre-decreased population. The decreased cash flow will hurt businesses and the suppliers will decrease production as to not have to sell at slim to no margins which will bring the prices back up soon enough (or the farmers/distributers will go out of business themselves).

      It will give people in those areas a false narrative for the time being though because they will be happy about lower prices and less car traffic… But all the resteraunts will have less patrons, and less money going to servers, less jobs to be had eventually.

      • Clent@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        8·
        3 days ago

        I doubt prices will drop as fast as bankruptcies will increase because the distribution chain has that price inflation and it will react slowly. The tighter the margin the more quickly the business will fail.

        Employment will also drop quickly because firing people is a fast and easy way to reduce overhead so service quality will dive off a cliff.

        But, hey, less traffic! Yay!