Singaporeans are avoiding the U.S. more than other Asian travelers. Here's why

Southeast Asians are skipping trips to the United States this year — for a variety of reasons.

Singaporeans, however, are rejecting it at greater levels than others, a survey of 6,000 regional travelers showed.

The survey commissioned by CNBC Travel showed 7% of Singaporeans said their interest in visiting the U.S. increased this year, while more than half (55%) said their interest had decreased.

Both numbers veer sharply from the 44% of Southeast Asian respondents who said their interest in the U.S. increased this year, and the 18% who said it fell, according to the survey conducted by the market research company Milieu Insight.

Time and again, the survey showed that Singaporeans’ views of the U.S. differed from those from Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia — often by a wide margin.