US Government: “Foreigners are not welcome here!”
Foreigners: stop coming here
US Government: surprised Pikachu
To be fair, Japan is doing pretty much the exact same thing, and tourism to Japan in 2026 dropped by only 2.6% so far compared to 2025, as per their own tourism statistics.
https://statistics.jnto.go.jp/en/graph/
Tourism in Nazi Germany was fine for the most part, too.
You have to remember that tourists are, generally speaking, richer people, since poor people just can’t afford to travel. And statistically speaking, as you grow richer, you care less about people, the world, anything really.
As we’ve clearly seen with the recent Fifa World Cup.
the exact same thing
Oh, I’m sorry, I must have missed the news where Japan will demand your devices’ and social media accounts’ passwords on entry, or that they have secret police prowling the streets looking to jail and/or deport you to a random country for pretty much no reason.
Don’t forget the concentration camps, militarized police and sundown towns…
As much as I’d love to, I don’t think I’ll forget. :(
Is Japan being hostile to foreigners now any more than usual, though?
Also Japan has culture what does America have to offer?
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
Is it, tho? Is it really mind-boggling?
Has this head of US Travel Association perhaps been frozen in stasis for the past 24 months? I’m not sure how else they could perceive what’s happening as anything other than normal and expected.
Probably used GROK to compose that response.
America.gov “super intelligence” (which curiously still has an “AI”, not “SI”, content warning)
I typed in a racial epiphet into the chat bot and it spit out an application. I don’t know what for.
Probably Truth Social.
A lot of people still act oblivious to what’s happening in the Untied States. Sometimes I think I’m delusional
Untied States
Maybe a typo, but accurate regardless.
Not a typo, I’ve been deliberately spelling it that way since Trump has been back in power
It’s Unites States. Trump signed it into law.
Well … they don’t seem terribly united of late.
Not even close, no.
Its baked deep into the culture, right from childhood. US exceptionalism is a hell of a drug. And its going to lead to the country’s collapse.
Small minds are easily boggled
It’s mind boggling these dumb idiots still haven’t figured it out. The stupidity is astounding.
How could Joe Biden do this to us, Pikachu?!
Isn’t that the lady who said women should stay in the kitchen?
Only 50% of 2019 levels. Surprised it’s even that high.
The World Cup is my guess
they still visit disney.
I don’t understand how anybody at all still voluntarily goes to the Untied States
plenty of fascist Australians going over by the 1000, Teslas are selling hand over fist.
Trump should have said he’d invade Australia and most of Australia would have said ok !
australia did produce the likes of murdoch and nick adams.
Family and friends compel many of us to visit.
Have they considered visiting you instead?
They do that too but I like visiting. As much as the politics suck, the people are generally decent and it’s still a country full of a lot of unique, natural beauty.
Are they unaware of the situation?
Trump’s solution: TARIFFS!
This is basically how Elon responded to advertisers not buying ads on X.
I thought he told them to “go fuck yourselves”.
I mean Trump is doing roughly the same just not with words.
So he treats them like minors?
Fair point.
Detaining a number of the visitors at the border certainly didn’t help.
US to try to force commercial airliners to land in US territory irrespective of final destination
Forced tourists will be given 60 minute head-starts to collect their luggage from the carousel before ICE agents begin their pursuit.
Now that’s what I call an experience
Canada gooses takin’ Canada deuces.
As a Canadian, this really warms my heart, thank you!
Partly self-inflicted??? PARTLY???
“We’re the only major country in the world losing visitation,” the head of the US Travel Association said. “It’s mind-boggling.”
I’m trying to imagine the mindset where it can possibly be mind-boggling. They drank the MAGA Kool Aid?
We’re all trying to find who could’ve done this…
Thanks Obama!
Good. The Untied States needs to feel consequences
You’re not missing out on much.
“it’s mind-boggling”
well there’s your problem and your answer. if you have no idea why this could be you’re the reason we aren’t going to the US.
I was hoping the title would say, ‘Decline in tourism SLAMS US economy’.
How would a decline in tourism voice mild criticism of the US economy?
DESTROYS would be a tad on the nose
Who would have thought that a GeStaPo randomly taking potential non-Americans off the street and and putting them in concentration camps could lead to tourists looking for safer destinations?
After all the hassle for PLAYERS AND OFFICIALS for the World Cup, nobody should be even mildly shocked about this
I’m genuinely 50% or more sure they wouldn’t let me in at the border. Would be a waste of flight tickets. I love the actual land under US jurisdiction but don’t actually want to visit that shit show right now.
At this point I would begin some heavy self reflection if they still let me into that country
Same.
I wouldn’t share my socials but I suspect they’ll have me on a list somewhere because of how many times I call out MAGA for their support of a paedo
