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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.

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[–] DicJacobus@lemmy.world 14 points 5 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago)

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.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It is going to be even less now the US has cut down massively on visas. Foot - Aim- Pull Trigger.

[–] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 1 points 12 minutes ago

the US has cut down massively on visas

That's why I travel with MasterCard.

(This may actually be what Trump believes)

[–] BoycottPro@lemm.ee 17 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
[–] redwattlebird@lemmings.world 5 points 17 hours ago

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.

[–] SARGE@startrek.website 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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?

[–] Xerxos@lemmy.ml 10 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

alot of them are still in denial, or ignorant of the situation.

[–] kiagam@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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)

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

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.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 2 points 18 hours ago

Or on the business end of a bullet from some jerkoff with a grudge and an arsenal of AR-15's?

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 8 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

This weekend I went to a casino hotel and the place was busy like it was Wednesday and the pope died. Nobody there. It wasn't desolate but there was plenty of walkable space when its usually jam packed for any given weekend.

[–] Jimmycakes@lemmy.world 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

That's probably got more to do with people being broke as fuck

[–] Substance_P@lemmy.world 68 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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.

[–] mPony@kbin.earth 47 points 1 day ago

all of the U.S. is now a flyover state.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

As an American, the worst customs experiences I've had were in the US

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Now try it as a non-american.

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I can only imagine how horrible it is. I'm sorry you've had to go through it and I wish there was something I could do to make my county apologize to you for the indignity

[–] EverXIII@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

No, you can’t. And most Americans don’t seem to care about the harm caused by the leaders they elect to the rest of the world. In this case twice, no less. While you come and go freely in Europe, others deal with the consequences created by your administration. This is unfair. Keep your apologies to yourself. By the way, what brings you here? Shouldn’t you be in Reddit?

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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?

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

EITHER south america or africa, and middle east. syria and rwanda was his next choices for deportation.

[–] jjpamsterdam@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 17 hours ago

they will travel south, just south of USA.

[–] YurkshireLad@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 day ago

You couldn’t pay me to visit the US. I wanted to clarify when I would return, but at this point I can’t.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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.

[–] SeboBear@discuss.tchncs.de 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

(Sane) Tourists in general are staying mostly away. Period. Not supporting Gilead - I mean …

[–] supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz 33 points 1 day ago

gosh why is the rest of the world so selfish

[–] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago

I wonder why they don’t mention all the incidents of people from other countries being put in detention/jail/gulag…

[–] NotProLemmy@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 day ago

Hmmm... i wonder why... 🤡

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 8 points 1 day ago

Wise. We don't deserve your tourist dollars these days.

[–] ms_lane@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

*From all countries.

[–] NotJohnSmith@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

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