In a bit of a shock, despite being the host of the World Cup, the United States actually experienced a year-over-year decline in visitors in June. Total overseas visitors were down 1.8 percent year over year in June to 2.8 million; that is compared to an already-low June 2025 figure, which itself was down 3.4 percent from the same month of 2024. Foreign international air passenger arrivals were flat, moving up just 0.2 percent. Some markets did show up — arrivals from the U.K. were up 17 percent — but overall, the general hesitation to visit the United States at this time appears to have ensured that even this massive global sporting event was a total wash.
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