Polls ask Brits if they are rethinking US trips after Trump order
Over a third of Brits say they are reconsidering plans to go on holiday in the US following the introduction of Donald Trump’s immigration order.
A poll of 1,000 people by HolidayExtras.com showed 38% said they are having a rethink.
The survey found 25% would reconsider a US holiday in protest of the immigration restrictions, 7% felt concerned about delays at passport control, and 6% felt that confusing visa requirements were a further deterrent in visiting the country.
While protest was the most popular reason for reconsidering a US visit across both genders, 29% of females made this stand compared to just 22% of men.
"With Trump’s immigration order sparking such heated debate, we wanted to explore what sort of impact this may have on tourism," said Ant Clarke-Cowell, HolidayExtras.com communications director.
"As our survey shows, it seems the passion felt by Brits opposing the new restrictions could also lead to shifts in travel trends with a quarter of people reconsidering a US holiday as an act of protest.
"For many others, the potential confusion and disruption surrounding the journey itself is also causing concern which may add to the volume of people avoiding this destination in future."
Another smaller survey (420 people) by deals website Simply Holiday Deals found similar results, with just over a third of respondents saying they would reconsider visiting the country and 8% saying they were undecided.
But it also found that just over half of Brits agree with, or are undecided about, Trump’s controversial order and 45% believe the UK should seek to execute a similar ban.
"The results of the survey were very revealing to us at Simply Holiday Deals," said MD Brian Jones.
"We anticipated overwhelming dissatisfaction and disagreement with this controversial law by the new US Whitehouse, instead we found the opposite.
"It appears many Brits are feeling the same as Americans these days and want change and are willing to try bold new actions in order to do so."
The 420 respondents were evenly split between male and female respondents and over 60% were over the age of 56.
Bev
Editor in chief Bev Fearis has been a travel journalist for 25 years. She started her career at Travel Weekly, where she became deputy news editor, before joining Business Traveller as deputy editor and launching the magazine’s website. She has also written travel features, news and expert comment for the Guardian, Observer, Times, Telegraph, Boundless and other consumer titles and was named one of the top 50 UK travel journalists by the Press Gazette.
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