Fewer and fewer visitors are travelling to the United States, figures from the International Trade Organisation show. Belgians too are shying away from visits to the States. In recent years, the tourism sector in the US has been steadily recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, but this year there has been a new, sharp decline in international tourism. “Two reasons are often cited: fear that visitors will not be allowed to enter the country, and fundamental objections to the policies of US president Donald J. Trump,” says VRT News North America editor Thomas De Graeve.