Many European tourists see traveling to the US as more of a hassle than it's worth these days. They worry about visa and paperwork issues, fingerprinting, long lines at airport and unfriendly immigration officials, experts say.
“There’s a perception out there that it’s tough to get into the United States at the moment. So people tend to look at what are the other options. There are plenty of attractive destinations around the world,” said Geoffrey Lipman, the Assistant Secretary General of the United Nation’s World Tourism Organization, based in Madrid, Spain.
In recent years, Europeans have begun to take more trips regionally or satisfy their wanderlust with vacations to Africa and Asia, figures from the UN organization show.
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