This year Asians avoid traveling to us for various reasons

Difficult talk about tariffs, border detentions and adverse exchange rates put some travelers, especially CanadiansOn trips to the US this year.

But those in Asia say that for various reasons avoid traveling to the US.

Nearly 80% of southeast Asia travelers have said the US is losing their appeal as a journey, A A Travel CNBC Poll.

Every fourth said their interest in visiting the country has decreased over the last six months, and respondents said they were more concerned about the potential discrimination, the actions of the Trump administration and the violence with weapons than the expenses.

News about tariffs and border policy in the US negatively affected young travelers more than the older ones, the poll showed, but young travelers were still interested in traveling to the US.

A survey of 6000 international travelers from Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Philippines and Malaysia was conducted by Market Research Milieu Insight from May 22 to June 10.

Almost half of the respondents said they had visited the United States in the past.

But despite their problems, some respondents – especially from Vietnam (57%) and Philippines (49%) – said they are more interested in visiting the United States than they were six months ago.

This may be due to the size of its diaspora in the United States, said Zilm Cambl, a senior teacher for hospitality and tourism management at James Cook University in Singapore. As of 2024, the Philippines were rated fourth largest group of immigrants Vietnam’s citizens and citizens of Vietnam were at number 8, according to the Pew Science Center.

“It can be out of the family relationships that live there,” the Cambl said. But there is also “a factor in the pursuit and a soft power of American culture, through TV shows that are still very attractive.”

Philippine Pinki David made trips to CNBC from the United States, which, she said, often visits work, family and holidays.

“I think most of the Philippines, in general, are still considering a visit to America,” she said.

However, the poll showed that one nation showed little interest in approaching American soil soon. About 55% of Singapores said they were less interested in visiting the United States than in November last year. Only 7% said they are now more interested in going, showed data.

The poll also showed that the Vietnamese respondents had the strongest reaction to the tariffs announced by the Trump administration. In April 2025, Trump announced the tariff by 46% on imports from Vietnam earlier Achieving the Trade Transactions on July 2 This reduced the amount to 20% for Vietnamese goods and 40% for goods sent to Vietnam from other countries for final shipment to the United States.

CNBC poll reflects yougov report published in March Which showed that since January 2025 the global “Kaif” and “impressions” of the USA as a place fallen.

According to CNBC, US impressions continue to decline in March, net points fall into the negative territory in Europe, the Middle East/North Africa and Canada and Mexico provided by CNBC.

However, the number of people who said they are considering the next international trip remained relatively stable, yougov said.

After the election of Donald Trump in November 2024, the interest in visiting the United States rose in several parts of the world, from the United Arab Emirates and India to Hong Kong and Poland, the statement said.

However, interest in visiting has fallen in other places, including Singapore, Canada, Northern and Western Europe. Overall, world interest in traveling on trips to the US decreased by 13%, according to the report of yougov.

The Internet is also varying on the country’s trips depending on the country, according to Sprout Social.

The company found that there were more than 87,000 references to sympathetic, comments or shares – more than 1 million engagement – on X, YouTube, Tumblr and Reddit from April 30 to June 3, which discussed trips to the US. Almost 50,000 were from Canada, of which 45% were negativeThe data showed.

However, 96% of 18,000 mentions and interactions arose from India were either positive or neutral.

Interestingly, the most negative moods for the trips came from users in the US itself, the data showed.