U.S. Tourism Data Warning: Visits From Europe Dropped in March


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Data is beginning to show that global travel interest to the U.S. is already impacted by the Trump administration's policies.

Visitors to the U.S. from 20 major countries dropped 10.3% in March from a year earlier, according to new data published Tuesday by the U.S. International Trade Administration. 

Visits from Western Europe dropped 17.2%, to 905,603. Those from Germany declined at an even faster pace: 28.2%. U.K. visits were down 14.3%.

Travel from Asia dropped just 3.4%, and Eastern European visits showed an a slight increase of 1.5%.

Overall visits to the U.S. from overseas fell 11.6% in March compared to the same month last ye