The True Reason for Negative Growth in U.S. Tourism

Is the reason for the evaporation of tourist dollars, as suggested at left, that the U.S. has long wait times for visas? “Border friction, whatever exactly that means?

How about this? Our country is among the most reviled on Earth.

I’m reminded of a Canadian woman I met a few days ago who was in town for a wedding, who told me that she never would have considered for a second stepping foot in the United States were it not to be a part of her cousin’s daughter’s marriage service.

“I’m leaving on the first plane tomorrow morning, and I hope never to return.”