Charlie StrossRemember that this article is shrieking about a 17% decline in European tourists visiting the USA … back in *March*, only two months into the Trump administration and six months ago.
The endless litany of news about abusive ICE behaviour since then means tourism is probably down significantly further by now.
(I know I for one cancelled all US visit plans after last November 7th. Otherwise right now I'd be in Seattle.)
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marqle (@[email protected])
I think this story maybe missing one very big reason #Europeans don't want to visit the #usa at the moment. Of course there is some resentment, but there's a bigger portion of concern I think. We don't feel as safe going through us airports as we used to. I don't want to be treated like a suspect when I travel. In fact I won't put up with that. #America just isn't important enough to me to justify that treatment. https://www.rudebaguette.com/en/2025/08/airports-feel-like-ghost-towns-us-tourism-reels-as-european-boycott-slashes-visitor-numbers-and-drains-billions-from-the-economy/ #tourism #travel #Airports #EU #geopolitics
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