This photo shows how Trump is affecting travel – woman who cancelled her trip: ‘I don’t want to get in trouble at the border’

In March, there were clearly fewer trips from Finland to the United States than a year earlier.

Amanda says that the recent news of tighter border controls in the US eventually led to the trip being cancelled.

Amanda previously worked in the country as an au pair. When she moved back to Finland seven years ago, she had overstayed her US stay by a few weeks.

So far, the infringement has not impeded Amanda’s travel to the United States. Now, he says, it could be raised.

Amanda appears in the story with her first name. He fears that public criticism could prevent him from entering the country later. At the moment, however, he is not going to travel to the country.

Amanda is not alone, as many others have started to avoid traveling to the United States. Investment Bank Goldman Sachs estimates that a decline in tourism and boycott of American products can cause up to $ 90 billion to this year’s budget for this year.

Travel volumes plummet in Germany and Denmark

As Trump becomes president, traveling to the United States has diluted both in Finland and elsewhere in Europe.

According to new statistics from the US Tourism Agency, the number of Finnish travelers decreased by nine per cent in March in March last year.

For many other countries, the decline was even steeper. For example, the number of travelers from Germany to the United States fell by 28 per cent in March and as much as 34 per cent in Denmark. Eastern Europe, in turn, has seen some growth.

There are many reasons for the drop in passenger numbers.

Danish travel to the United States may have diluted the threats of Trump’s administration to take over Greenland.

In Central Europe, impaired economic development may have caused many to choose local tourism. In Finland, on the other hand, March tourism may be mitigated by the fact that Easter leave is in April this year.

Finns will be subject to more detailed checks at the border

Border checks in US airports have recently become tighter.

For example, in March, border authorities prevented a French researcher from entering the country due to the private messages found on this phone. In the messages, the man criticizes Trump’s administration.

The US border authorities have also begun to be more severely known from Finns arriving in the country. This has been noticed by the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs.

Tanner points out that the conditions for immigration are always reviewed at the end of the last border. This applies both in Finland and in the United States.

According to Tanner, denial of entry is still rare. He emphasizes that there is no clear signs that Finnish tourism is in some way more difficult in the United States.

Some, on the other hand, are mapping the United States for political reasons.

Trump to boycott travel to the US

Trump opponents also refuse to travel to the United States because they want to boycott the Trump administration.

\”I don’t want to support a country led by such a criminal, where women’s rights are trampled,\” says Amanda.

He prefers to spend a travel fund in Europe as long as Trump is in power. Some tour operators have recognized the same phenomenon.

Travelling to the US has become an embarrassment

Yle has also heard from other Finns that Trump is expeling travel desires.

\”No euros there now that this world situation is,\” says a woman in her forties from Helsinki.

A Helsinki woman appears anonymously in the story because she fears that public criticism of Trump can endanger her work. The woman previously traveled regularly to the US.

Now he has canceled his summer travel plan due to the arrogant attitude of the Trump administration.

– The attitude of the United States is now that America is the pole of everything and there is nothing in other countries, the Helsinki woman explains her boycott decision.

He says he is not alone with his thoughts. According to him, holidaying in Trump in the United States has become embarrassing in his circle of acquaintances. Not everyone wants to advertise to go there for others.