Canada and European countries such as the UK, Germany, Denmark and Finland have also issued new guidance for citizens about traveling to the US.
Last Wednesday, China warned tourists to “fully assess the risks” before travelling to the US, after Beijing raised tariffs on US imports in retaliation for similar tariffs imposed by Mr Trump.
"Given the deteriorating China-US trade relations and the domestic security situation in the US, (we) advise Chinese tourists to fully assess the risks before traveling to the US," China's Ministry of Culture and Tourism said in a statement.
Keep tourists coming to America
In March, the UK amended its advice to citizens travelling to the US to include a warning that anyone found to be in breach of entry rules could be arrested or detained.
Foreign tourists on the Walk of Fame in the US. PHOTO: AP
The UK's current travel advice for the US, published online by the Foreign Office and last updated on March 14, states: "You should comply with all visa, passport and other entry conditions. The US authorities set and strictly enforce entry rules. You may be arrested or detained if you breach the rules."
Earlier in April, in response to reports that a woman had been detained in the US for more than 10 days for possibly breaching her visa conditions, the foreign office confirmed it was providing assistance to a British citizen detained in the US.
Similarly, in March, Germany updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasize that visa waivers or waivers of entry do not guarantee entry after several Germans were detained upon entering the country.
The German Foreign Ministry updated its travel advisory website for the United States on March 11 to clarify that neither approval through the US Electronic System for Travel Authorization, or ESTA, nor a US visa are valid for entry in all cases.
"The final decision on whether a person can enter the United States or not lies with the US border authorities," a spokesman for the German Foreign Ministry stressed.
Strengthen border checks
Meanwhile, the Canadian government updated its US travel advisory on its website in March to say that anyone planning to visit the US for more than 30 days “must register with the US government.” Failure to do so could result in “fines and misdemeanor prosecution.”
Tourists view the Statue of Liberty from a ferry. PHOTO: GETTY
In early April, they updated their advice again, adding a new paragraph about screening at points of entry into the US. Part of the new paragraph reads: “If you are denied entry, you may be detained pending removal.”
For the LGBTQ community
In March, several European countries including Denmark, Finland, France and Germany said that LGBTQ people could face difficulties entering the US.
Denmark's Foreign Ministry has changed its travel advisory for the United States to say that transgender people should contact the US Embassy in the Nordic country before traveling to the United States.
“When applying for an ESTA or visa to enter the United States, there are two genders to choose from: Male or Female,” the travel advisory stated on March 21.
If you have an X gender on your passport or have changed your gender, you should contact the US Embassy before traveling for instructions on how to proceed. Many nonbinary people, who do not identify as male or female, prefer the gender designation “X.”
While the travel advisory does not explicitly mention the Trump administration, it comes just weeks after the US president signed an executive order calling on the federal government to define gender as only male or female and that must be reflected on official documents, such as passports, and in policies.
The US State Department has stopped issuing travel documents with the X gender symbol.
The ministry also stopped allowing people to change the gender listed on their passports or apply for new documents that reflect their gender instead of the sex assigned at birth.
The American flag flutters in the wind at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, California. PHOTO: AFP
Finland has also advised prospective visitors to the US on the State Department's homepage that if "the current gender recorded on their passport is different from the sex assigned at birth, US authorities may refuse entry."
Meanwhile, France has revised its official advice to citizens traveling to the US, warning that they must declare their assigned sex at birth on their visa or ESTA applications.
In an advisory similar to one issued by Denmark, Germany has asked travelers with an X gender entry in their passport or a current gender entry that differs from their birth gender entry to contact a US diplomatic mission in Germany before entering the country.
According to Vi Nguyen (TNO)
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