U.S. travelers are cutting back on summer Europe trips — but Chinese tourists are making up for it

U.S. tourists seem to be cutting back on summer trips to Europe — but Chinese travelers are more than making up for it, a study found.

Data from the European Travel Commission (ETC) published Tuesday showed that just 33% of U.S. survey respondents were planning to visit Europe this summer, some 7% below the levels of last year.

The decline appears to largely relate to funding, with 54% of those polled citing high travel costs as a barrier.

But political concerns, including those around the perception of the U.S. abroad, also appear to be weighing on plans, the ETC said.

“Travel sentiment is strongest among Americans from the Northeast (43% vs. 33% in the total sample), a region that typically leans Democratic and diverges politically from Trump,” the organization noted.