Red Echo

March 16, 2012

This is not a surprise, but it’s interesting to see an institution as mainstream as the NYTimes finally recognizing it: the USA has a serious problem with the way it welcomes visitors.

Americans may be surprised by the conclusions of a 2006 survey by the U.S. Travel Association, which found that foreign travelers were more afraid of United States immigration officials than of terrorism or crime. They rated America’s borders by far the least welcoming in the world. Two-thirds feared being detained for “minor mistakes or misstatements.”