Millions of international travelers are increasingly choosing to avoid the United States.

The United States had roughly 4 million fewer international visitors in 2025 than the year before, marking a 5.5 percent decline in overseas tourism, according to CNN. Foreign visitor spending also fell by more than $8 billion.

Aside from the collapse in travel during the COVID-19 pandemic, it represents the sharpest annual drop in international tourism in roughly 20 years.

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[–] 3 points 4 months ago

Why would you come here, just to get interrogated at the border, with the very real possibility that you would be denied entry, wasting your entire vacation? And that's your best case scenario.

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