The number of European travelers visiting the United States sharply decreased as political and economic tension and fears of hostile borders during President Donald Trump’s most profitable air road.

Visitors from Western Europe, who were at least one night in the United States, decreased by 17 percent in March of last year, according to the International Trade Administration.

An analysis of ITA data from some countries – including Ireland, Norway and Germany – showed more than 20 percent.

This trend is a threat to the American tourism industry, which represents 2.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product. Some airlines and hotel groups have warned of the decline in demand for travel and “bad uproar” over the visit of the United States.

The total number of foreign visitors traveling to the United States decreased by 12 percent on an annual basis in March, a sharp decline since March 2021 when the travel sector was reeling from the epidemic restrictions, according to ITA data.

“In just two months [Trump] Paul Inge, co -founder of the website’s travel, said, said, Kayak boats. “This is not just a terrible blow to the American economy. Rather, it also represents damage to the reputation that generations may take to reform.”

Adam Sachs, the president in the tourism economy, said that the decline may partially reflect the rise in travel during Easter, which fell in March last year.

But he said that other data, including from American airports and land crossings from Canada, all showed “very clear that something is happening … a reaction to Trump.”

Via Atlantic roads are the most profitable in the world, and airlines have enjoyed the prosperous demand for these flights since the epidemic, especially in the distinguished seats.

Last week, Virgin Atlantic warned of a “modest” slowdown in the demand for via Atlantic flying from American consumers, and the CEO of Air France-KLM on Wednesday said the carrier had had to reduce economic-Atlantic economic degrees amid “slight softness” in the market.

But the owner of British AAA AAG and Carrier Delta Air Lines said they had not seen any influence.

The airlines ’fortunes are closely related to the wider economy, as consumers tend to stop flying when they are concerned about the recession. Barclays analysts said this week that they were concerned about the high -end roads, as they expected the profitability to diminish suddenly.

Narin Sham, CEO of the OMIO Travel Site, said that the cancellation rates of reservations to the United States were 16 percent higher in the first quarter of the previous year – where travelers from the United Kingdom, Germany and France showed a 40 percent higher cancellation rate.

Sébastien Bazin, CEO of ACCOR giant for French hotels, Bloomberg said that reports on American borders have created a “bad sensation” about the visit of the United States.

Accor said last week that European visitors’ reservations for the United States this summer decreased by 25 percent.

The decrease in international visitors to the United States emphasizes the potential economic impact of the most aggressive border policy during the Trump era.

Last year, international visitors spent more than $ 253 billion on travel and tourism goods and services, according to ITA, or more than 19 percent from $ 1.3 million in travel spending in the United States in 2024.

The American Travel Association, an industrial group, warned of “related trends”, which it has placed in factors, including the “issue of clarity of America”.

The President of the Delta Glen Hunstein said that the carrier had witnessed a “important” decrease in the reservations from Canada. Airlines She pulled her guidance This week, amid the broader uncertainty.

Gloria Sam, an artist and author of Nottingham, England, said that she had canceled the May trip to San Francisco after seeing reports on the detained tourists.

“The border looks unsafe.” “I don’t know if I will be back, to be honest.”

Traveling from Canadians, a major source of tourism for “winter” destinations, has Also rejected. Places in the United States such as Las Vegas, for example, welcomed 1.4 million Canadians in 2023 – or a quarter of all international visitors.

Tourism economics of the research company, which was previously estimated 9 percent increase In international arrivals compared to 2024, last week reviewed its expectations for a A decrease of 9.4 per cent Instead after the Trump tariff was announced last week.

The bags also referred to Trump’s aggressive rhetoric towards the European Union, Greenland and Canada. “These are not imitated mistakes, and they have a great impact on feelings towards the United States, and thus travel.”

Trump’s tariff and dismantling of the US Agency Foreign Agency (USAID) led Paul Harrington, who lives in Paris, to cancel a trip to Washington, capital next year.

Each of its daughters in the United Kingdom works in education and the recession can endanger the functions of the public sector.

“I am now calling my American friends to visit me in Paris,” Harrington said. “I will not visit the states until Trump disappears.”