Number Of Indians Travelling To The US Takes A Hit: US Tourism Office

The US has been seeing a decline in international visitors in recent months. According to data from the US Commerce Department's National Travel and Tourism Office (NTTO), since the start of this millennium, every June has seen a jump in travel compared to the same month in the previous year, except during the COVID period. However, 2025 broke that trend. In June 2025, the number of Indian visitors to the US decreased compared to June 2024. According to NTTO data, 2.1 lakh Indians travelled to the US in June, 8 per cent lower than 2.3 lakh in the same month last year. The provisional figure for this July shows a 5.5 per cent fall over the same month last year, reported The Times of India.

The total non-US resident international visitor volume to the US decreased 6.2 per cent in June 2025 as compared to June 2024; 7 per cent in May; 8 per cent in March; and 1.9 per cent in February. January saw a 4.7 per cent increase over the same period last year, and April was up 1.3 per cent, according to NTTO data.

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India is the fourth largest source market for international visitors to the US. The UK is the biggest overseas source market, followed by India in the second place. The two biggest source markets - Mexico and Canada - share a land border. "Combined, these top five source markets (with Brazil being the fifth) accounted for 59.4 per cent of total international arrivals this June," says NTTO.

"We are seeing a very visible impact on the student segment this year due to the delay in visa issuance, even after people securing college admission," a leading travel agent told the Times of India.

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While the reason behind the decline in numbers can be due to multiple factors, the stricter visa regime adopted by US President Trump in his second presidency may further contribute to these dwindling figures.