Remember 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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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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@cstross Canadian visits have dropped also
@Robo105 AIUI Canadian visits to the US have dropped because Trump pissed them off by talking about an invasion. I believe European visits have dropped because of simple fear for personal safety.
@cstross @Robo105 For Canadians, it’s both. ICE are detaining Canadians too, it’s been all over the news here.
@alextm @cstross True, why support an economy that is threatening takeover. I also have no interest in visiting El Salvador. I won't be visiting usa any time soon I am sorry to say