The New Zealand Herald story “America’s war on tourists” has been making its way around travel blogs, providing a viewpoint on visiting the US from other countries. Unfortunately, I’m not surprised that we’ve been voted the “most unfriendly destination for foreign travellers.” As I’ve written before, recent US government policy seems to treat all visitors with suspicion. Quite simply, this policy is shortsighted and embarrassing and will end up hurting us economically – and not just in terms of tourism, but in science, engineering, etc.