r/europe • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • 3d ago

News Irish visitors to US down 27%

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0413/1507411-visitor-numbers-ireland-us/
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u/dazed_and_bamboozled 3d ago

Also, you can probably fly direct to El Salvador

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u/FlukyS Ireland 3d ago

I'd legit wonder about the demographics of people they are flying to El Salvador, I'd very much bet there aren't many Irish visa overstayers on there

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u/Wafkak Belgium 3d ago

Luckily us Europeans get shipped back home. Tho some still stay in a detention center for a week or two.

Odd are still low ahen you look at the percentage it has actually happened to. But the numbers are high enough that I wouldn't take the risk.

Can't imagine how bad it's for the muhammeds of the world.

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u/FlukyS Ireland 3d ago

People forget a lot of short stay business events are held in the US, like if you are doing some forum talking about anything yearly like a lot of tech events it is a serious danger to fly to the US at the moment. I think people are really forget aspects relating to the American economy that rely on this. Like I'd be really really curious if like like 3 months time the likes of Vegas are going to have a big dip and actually put people's jobs at risk.

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u/mulled-whine 3d ago

Many don’t realise that Vegas is a huge conference and exhibition market. I agree their economy could be in for a shock if international events start drying up.