Extreme Vetting Will Badly Damage American Tourism

April 11, 2017
Subjecting foreign visitors to deeply intrusive processes likely will cause tourists to look for alternative locales.

While some experts rightly note that it is unclear whether “extreme vetting” measures for visitors to the U.S. will improve security, there is no acknowledgment of the potential negative consequences to the tourism industry (“U.S. Crafts Extreme Vetting Methods,” page one, April 5). Subjecting foreign visitors to deeply intrusive processes likely will cause tourists to look for alternative locales. The U.S. could do worse than take a look…

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