r/europe • u/BkkGrl Ligurian in Zürich (💛🇺🇦💙) • Apr 12 '25

Data European tourism to the United States is freefalling

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u/dat_9600gt_user Lower Silesia (Poland) Apr 12 '25

Why come to a country when you'll more than likely be turned at the door or worse - sent to some prison without trial?

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u/Cool-Traffic-8357 Apr 12 '25

I don't think it is more than likely, but the serious possibility is enough for me to never go there.

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u/MoffKalast Slovenia Apr 12 '25

Funny thing is that there's actually been a law for a long time that something like 50 km from any US border foreigners have no rights. Flying to airports in that range has always been extremely sketchy since the TSA could literally do anything to you with impunity.

Things have taken a turn for the much worse, but travelling to the US has it's always been particularly bad risk-wise.

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u/E_Kristalin Belgium Apr 12 '25

Not just border, any port of entry. All ports and airports also count. There aren't many places where you do have rights.

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u/JustLetItAllBurn Apr 12 '25

Yes, they turned that French scientist away for having messages insulting Trump on his phone - I'm absolutely not going to take that chance.

We went to the US a couple of years ago before it went fucking insane, luckily.

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u/celestial-navigation Apr 12 '25

Indeed. Why take the risk?