Move over Canada, India is also boycotting travel to the US

Indian visits to America are way down

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

Canadians might be grabbing all of the attention for their massive boycott of travel to the United States, but Canada isn’t the only country avoiding America. India is also seeing a large drop-off in tourists heading to the US.

Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

In September 2025, Forbes reported that data from the National Travel & Tourism Office (NTTO), which is a part of the US Commerce Department, revealed that Indian visitations to the United States saw a remarkable decline. 

Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

Indian visits to the United States dropped 15% in August compared to the same period last year. It was the third consecutive month that travel from India dropped after an 8% fall in June and a 6% decline in July, Forbes noted. 

Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

During the same three-month period in 2024, Indian visitations to the United States had surged, with June seeing a 35% increase in travel to the US, July a 29% jump, and August a rather low 9% rise compared to travel in the same period in 2023. 

Millions of Indians traveled to America last year

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

A record 2.2 million Indians visited the United States in 2024, making India the fourth largest source of visitors to America, next to Canada, Mexico, and the United Kingdom, the NTTO reported, according to Forbes. 

The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

The NTTO also reported that the overall 10% drop in Indian visitors to the United States in 2025 was likely to cost the country $340 million in tourist spending. It is another blow to a key critical industry that has suffered a difficult year under Trump. 

Rising political tensions are likely at fault

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

Forbes reported that political tensions between India and the United States likely played a role in the declining visitation numbers. US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have clashed on a number of issues. 

Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

Trump has claimed responsibility for the May 2025 ceasefire agreement between India and Pakistan, something that Modi has firmly denied. More importantly, Trump has imposed a 25% tariff on India for buying Russian oil amid Moscow’s war in Ukraine. 

Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

The punitive 25% tariff on India for purchasing Russian oil was also levied in addition to a 25% reciprocal tariff that the Trump administration had previously placed on the country. However, this problem may be changing soon, according to recent trade news. 

A new trade deal might be finalized soon

Indian visits to America are way down, Summer tourism saw a remarkable decline, Visitations dropped by 15% in August alone, Indian tourism to the US had a record year in 2024, Millions of Indians traveled to America last year, The drop in 2025 will cost the travel industry, Rising political tensions are likely at fault, Trump and Modi don’t always see eye to eye, Washington slapped punitive tariffs on India, A new trade deal might be finalized soon

On October 22nd, reports indicated that Washington and New Delhi are close to a new trade deal that may reportedly lower India's export tariffs to 15%-16% from the current 50% and could see India reduce its purchases of Russian oil, CNBC reported. 

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