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Tourists Boycott U.S. at Record Rates After Trump Takeover (www.thedailybeast.com)

submitted 2 days ago by spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world

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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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[–] fodor@lemmy.zip 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't know if I would have described it as a boycott. In the end that may be true, but more specifically it's a pragmatic decision not to risk your life and freedom. I mean, would you say that people are boycotting travel to Iran or Democratic Republic of the Congo at the moment? That's just not quite the right verb.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 day ago

That's why I boycott Sony. It's nuts to me that they're still in business after deliberately adding malware to their products.