In the middle of 3.1% of the year -on -year decline in international incoming incoming in July, 19.2 million visitors according to the United States government data, due to Trump’s immigration politicians and hostility towards some foreign countries, a new visa integrity fee could further hurt US industry.
This year, this meant the fifth month of a decline and resisted the expectations that 2025 would see that incoming visitors would exceed 79.4 million before the Virgin.
The new visa fee, which is stipulated in the 1 October, represents another obstacle to passengers from countries without giving up Visa, such as Mexico, Argentina, India, Brazil and China. The additional fee brings the total visa costs of $ 442, which makes it one of the highest in the world, according to the American Association Travel Association, a business group.
What do experts say?
“Any friction that we add to the traveler experience will reduce travel volumes by a certain amount. As soon as the summer ends, it will become a more urgent problem and we will have to take into account travel budgets and documentation,” Gabe Rizzi, President of Altour, a global travel company.
International expenses in US visitors are expected to drop below $ 169 billion this year, out of $ 181 billion in 2024, believe the World Council for Travel and Tourism.
In December 2024, he assumed that in 2025 tourism would increase in 2025, Oxford economic counseling. According to Aran Ryan, the director of industrial studies in the field of tourism economics, it is now expected to drop by 3%.
It is expected that the new visa fee will have the greatest impact on central and South American countries, which were a rare clear place for us this year, according to the report.
Since May, according to the National Authority for Traveling and Tourism, travel from Mexico to the US increased by almost 14% in 2025. Argentina arrival increased by 20% and Brazil by 4.6% year -on -year. Overall, travel from Central America increased by 3%of South America by 0.7%, unlike a 2.3%decline in Western Europe, Reuters report.
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He added that in China the arrivals from the pandemic remain slow, while the July figures are still 53% below 2019. The visa fee also represents a challenge for travel from India, where visits fell by 2.4% this year, mainly due to 18% decrease in students’ arrival. For some, the increase in fees will be easily considered to be additional costs on the top of an already expensive trip to the US.
The new visa fee contributes to the negative perception of the US under Trump, whose immigration policy, cuts abroad and extensive tariffs have reduced the attraction of the country as the goal of traveling, despite major events such as the World Cup FIFA 2026 and 2028 Los Angeles coming.
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On Wednesday, Trump’s administration proposed new regulations aimed at shortening the duration of visas for students, visitors to cultural stock exchange and media staff.
In early August at the beginning of August, the administration announced the pilot program, starting on 20 August, which could require bonds up to $ 15,000 for certain tourist and commercial visas. This program, which will be set for about a year, is designed to address the question of visitors who have exceeded their visas.
(With Reuters inputs)
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