Foreign visitors to US fall sharply from 2016

The number of international visitors to the United States through June fell sharply from last year, according to government data released Wednesday. Total foreign visitors fell four percent compared to the first six months of last year, with travelers from Mexico down more than nine percent and from Britain down six percent, but visits from Canada up nearly five percent. Excluding Canada and Mexico, overseas visitors fell nearly six percent, but business travel dropped nearly nine percent compared to a 5.6 percent decline in tourists.