Tourists from countries badly hit by Trump tariffs are staying away from US
Tourists from countries badly hit by Trump tariffs are staying away from US
Data from hotel site Trivago shows fewer US bookings by holidaymakers from Canada, Japan, Mexico and Germany
Data from hotel site Trivago shows fewer US bookings by holidaymakers from Canada, Japan, Mexico and Germany
Holidaymakers in countries hit the hardest by Donald Trump’s trade tariffs are taking the US off their list for trips abroad, according to online travel booking data.
Findings from the hotel search site Trivago also suggest that UK and US travellers are increasingly choosing domestic holidays amid concerns over an uncertain economy.
The company has seen double-digit percentage declines in bookings to the US from travellers based in Japan, Canada and Mexico. The latter two countries were the first on Trump’s tariff hitlist when he announced tariffs of 25% on 1 February.
Canadians in particular were incensed at Trump’s repeated suggestions that its northern neighbour would be better off annexed as the 51st state of the US.
US customs and the BS that goes along with it, once an unavoidable hub for Canadian travelers flying to Central and South America, will now, this year, have three airlines—Air Canada, Air Transat, and Avianca—all of which will significantly expand their routes to avoid any need to touch down in the United States by the end of the year.
Canada isn't backing down.
As an American, even the ones that aren't should stay away. Why visit a place where you might get kidnapped by government sanctioned brute squads and sent to a death camp in another country?
Yeah, the tariffs are way less important than this. I'm planning a trip and I'll be taking a longer, more expensive route just to not land in the US. For a connection (which you require a full visa for)
I'm going to be flying from Canada to Canada later this year and want to make sure the flight path stays inside our airspace.
Yes, I think a lot of Americans are not aware that there are official travel warnings against going to the United States and for good reasons.
alot of them are still in denial, or ignorant of the situation.
Or on the business end of a bullet from some jerkoff with a grudge and an arsenal of AR-15's?
Canada used to be the largest source of international visitors to the United States by a large margin. I suspect that Canadians especially will take, on average, quite a bit of convincing to travel south of the border now.
Depending on the region and how you measure the difference, the drop is anywhere from 25% to 75%, so yeah, it's a lot. For reference, in 2024 about 3.3 million Canadians went to Florida alone, and that doesn't count other states -- in particular border areas that heavily depend on Canadian shoppers. This nonsense started at the tail end of the winter travel season so the effects didn't have time to fully manifest but next year will be very bad for the US.
You couldn’t pay me to visit the US. I wanted to clarify when I would return, but at this point I can’t.
they will travel south, just south of USA.
gosh why is the rest of the world so selfish
Apart from the costs there is the risk of not getting in, not coming back, or ending in a south American prison.
Why are tourists so chicken?
EITHER south america or africa, and middle east. syria and rwanda was his next choices for deportation.
I'm so sick of this.
the Tariffs are only a secondary reason why foreigners and tourists are staying the fuck away. its the Internal nightmare, Geopolitical policy and commentary thats pissed people off
- its the whitewashing of genocide and blank cheque attitude toward Israel after it went way too far.
- its the whitewashing of genocide and devils advocacy of Russia as it is de-facto at war with America and its Allies now.
- its the constant comments of Invasion of Panama, Greenland, Mexico and Canada, and the utter disrespect / jingoism in it.
- its the constant demonizing of Americas military allies in the face of the most turbulent period since the cold war.
- its the inhuman treatment of its own people, and the administration basically saying "get mad, fuck you gonna do about it?"
- its the plainclothes gestapo prowling the streets of its own country looking for people who are deemed too mexican to be allowed.
- its the hostile treatment of tourists to begin with, laughably suggesting torists who come from europe, australia, etc, places that are fundementally better places to live. are actually coming to america to work illegally, and they end up in a cell for 3 weeks with no contact while the "investigation is pending"
and so much more.
Tariffs are an insult , but they're not the reason foreigners are avoiding the country,
its because America has become a bed of Pig Shit Fascists.
100%. I'm an Australian, married to an American. Moved her here to Australia in 2015 and now she says she'll never set foot in that country again, not even to visit her own family. Too much uncertainty that trump will throw a tantrum and she'll get stuck there somehow.
(Sane) Tourists in general are staying mostly away. Period. Not supporting Gilead - I mean …
Hmmm... i wonder why... 🤡
I wonder why they don’t mention all the incidents of people from other countries being put in detention/jail/gulag…
Should be mandatory reading before anyone tries to visit the U.S.
Until we fix this please do not come here.
A friend of mine should be landing in LA today. He's a cis white man though, and I think should be fine. Hopefully.
However, for anyone not cis male, white and speaks English, I wouldn't recommend at all. There seems to be a common denominator for anyone who doesn't fit that profile... I'm glad I visited least year before all this shit went down. I would've been detained for sure.
*From all countries.
UK increasingly going domestic is just because we've had some cracking weather.
This week is half term kids holiday and has been shocking so there'll be waves of people booking abroad as we speak
It is going to be even less now the US has cut down massively on visas. Foot - Aim- Pull Trigger.
the US has cut down massively on visas
That's why I travel with MasterCard.
(This may actually be what Trump believes)