Overseas visitors still turning their back on the US

Overseas tourist arrivals to the United States continue to slump.

Apparently people from many other countries just don't like Donald Trump very much.

June preliminary figures from the US government show visitation from overseas substantially down, news hub Travel Mole reports,

The trend is due to a combination of factors including geopolitical turbulence, economic difficulties and a degraded image of the country in the eyes of many potential travellers, it reported.

Preliminary numbers released by the National Travel and Tourism Office saw visits from overseas to the US down by -3.4% year-over-year.

With 2.8 million overseas travellers in June, the figure represents only 80% of 2019 levels. The overseas figure excludes visitors from Canada and Mexico.

From the 20 top inbound markets, 11 showed a decline in June. Ecuador, South Korea, and Australia showed the most significant declines with respective drops of -14.1%, -10.7% and -10.2%.

Arrivals from Western Europe - a top inbound region for the US - were also down by 2.5% in June.

All Scandinavian countries recorded a double-digit decline but the US did receive more visitors from Italy (up 3.4%) and Spain (up 2.1%).

The most resilient region in June was Latin America (excluding Mexico). Central American arrivals posted a growth of 6.8% while South American visitors were up by 2.1%.

In contrast to the general trend, Argentina and Brazil posted respective gains of 15.6% and 18.6%.