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.
Its on top of a 14% decline the previous year. so thats 1 out of every 5 people who were travelling to the US for any reason in 2024 (including business and family visits which realistically are never going to be cancelled) not going to the US in 2026.
Thats a huge drop.