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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
James Tapper

‘I’m super worried’: fewer UK tourists visiting US amid Trump’s policies and rhetoric

Passport control at Newark Liberty Airport
Global travel to the US – where UK residents make up the largest number of visitors – was down 11.6% in March compared with 2024. Photograph: Allen Brown/Alamy

After backpacker Rebecca Burke was arrested and locked up for nearly three weeks by US immigration ­officials, she started urging people not to travel to America.

Britons seem to have listened: the number of UK residents visiting the US was down 14.3% in March compared with the same month in 2024, official figures show.

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