US tourism industry faces drop-off as immigration agenda deters travellers

The nature and scenery in the US is honestly stunning, and you're lucky to have the NPS to make all of it so accessible.

In saying that though; there is natural beauty everywhere you look in the world and it's very easy, and often cheaper to go elsewhere.

Travelling to the USA right now sounds absolutely insane. Like who would even consider it?

You get to the airport. Then you have to unlock your phone and let a random moron sift through its contents.

It’s literally a recipe for disaster/arrest. The cops over there are fucking deranged. Sorry for any good ones. But you’re like the 1%. Police brutality in the USA is shocking to Europeans. I would be scared to be pulled over. Am I getting a ticket or a headshot/arrested for years?

Also I could imagine that if you refuse to unlock the phone, you’ll also be arrested. And by „I could imagine“ I mean 100% sure.

They could plant anything in there or claim they found terroristic messages. No thanks.

The USA are like Russia and Iran now.

And to think that, as a teen, I actually dreamed of moving there. Good lord thanks mom and dad for telling me it’s a fucking stupid idea. I would regret it now.

Note this means tourist areas should see prices drop on food in grocery stores because the supply was being created pre-decreased population. The decreased cash flow will hurt businesses and the suppliers will decrease production as to not have to sell at slim to no margins which will bring the prices back up soon enough (or the farmers/distributers will go out of business themselves).

It will give people in those areas a false narrative for the time being though because they will be happy about lower prices and less car traffic... But all the resteraunts will have less patrons, and less money going to servers, less jobs to be had eventually.