Editorial Board
Global Tourists Are America’s Renewable Resource: Editorial
Making it harder for travelers to visit hurts the economy and drains U.S. soft power.
Happy tourists are important to American hegemony.
Photographer: Drew Angerer/Getty Images North AmericaPresident Donald Trump has made clear his view that the U.S. doesn’t need any more immigrants. The mystery is why a veteran of the hospitality business would be so inhospitable to tourists, traveling executives, students and other visitors.
Consider the State Department’s ill-advised plan to impose new screening requirements on the roughly 14 million people who apply each year for temporary visas. It would require every visa-seeker to disclose five years’ worth of social media profiles, travel histories, email addresses, telephone numbers and other information.