U.S. Sees Drop in Travelers from Germany, Japan, France and United Kingdom

Travel Blog  •  Michael Yessis  •  03.27.07 | 6:30 AM ET

Commerce Department figures reveal a five-percent drop from those four countries in 2006, which has alarmed an already concerned U.S. tourism industry. Germany, Japan, France and the United Kingdom “typically supply almost half of all the foreign tourists visiting the USA,” writes USA Today’s Barbara De Lollis, and it’s the first decline in any of those core countries since 2003. Some say it’s because the U.S. has become one of the least friendly countries for travelers.