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ARTICLE VIEW:
Visiting the US is about to get more expensive for foreign travelers
By Jeanne Bonner, CNN
Updated:
1:00 AM EDT, Sat September 6, 2025
Source: CNN
In travel news this week: a look inside to Waikiki, a taste of
Turkey’s beloved brew, plus fees for travelers to the US will rise at
the end of September.
Visitors to the US from some of the nation’s closest allies will soon
be required to pay higher fees outlined in the Trump administration’s
“One Big Beautiful Bill.” Specifically, a associated with the
Electronic System for Travel Authorization, which processes travel
applications from residents of more than 40 countries that are part of
the Visa Waiver Program.
Those countries include the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand,
Israel and most of Europe, as well as a handful of countries in other
regions, including Qatar in the Middle East.
Prior to the passage of President Trump’s signature legislation,
applicants to the ESTA system, as it’s known, paid $21. Now that
mandatory fee will nearly double on September 30 to $40.
It’s one of several fee increases associated with travel to the US
from abroad. Travelers arriving through a land border will also see
their fees go up with an increase in the I-94 Arrival/Departure Record
cost. Right now, travelers required to pay the fee only have to part
with $6.That amount jumps to $30 at the end of the month.
Lastly, travelers from China will be asked to pay a $30 enrollment fee
for the Electronic Visa Update System. The September 30 effective date
for the fee increases was outlined in a recent .
The increase in fees, combined with the looming $250 “visa integrity
fee” for many travelers from non-visa waiver countries, comes at a
time when travel to the US from abroad is in a major slump.
As CNN’s Natasha Chen reported, to the US are staying away. The World
Travel and Tourism Council projected in May that the United States will
lose $12.5 billion in international visitor spending in 2025. It was
the only country out of 184 economies analyzed by the council, a global
tourism advocacy organization, that will see a decline this year.
The new visa integrity fee has not yet been applied. A spokesperson for
the Department of Homeland Security repeated to CNN that it “requires
cross-agency coordination before implementation.”
Houston-based immigration attorney Steven Brown said he didn’t think
the increase in fees will be much of a “hindrance” for most
travelers. But he said the visa integrity fee is an entirely new thing.
“It will be intriguing to see because lots of questions are out
there,” he told CNN Travel. “So we pay the fee, but how does it get
refunded? Who is tracking compliance? How do you prove compliance?”
North Korea’s stellar but largely empty beachfront resort
At the newly built, visitors will find miles of white sand, turquoise
waters, and rows of pristine hotels. None other than North Korean
leader Kim Jong Un hopes the development will be his country’s answer
to Waikiki.
With a few differences, however. The resort is divided into domestic
and international zones. And in the international section, a group of
Russian tourists recently were among the few visitors to be found. CNN
talked to some of them to hear about their vacation.
The majesty of the Hagia Sophia
What’s it like to visit a 1,600-year-old that has outlasted empires?
Well, to put it simply: unlike any other experience. That’s because
no other place on Earth has Christian mosaics of saints and Byzantine
rulers juxtaposed with Islamic calligraphy, also known as Hüsn-i Hat
(they are large roundels displaying the names of Allah, the Prophet
Mohammed and the four caliphs, the leaders of Islam following the death
of Mohammed).
Turkish coffee with a side of destiny
Coffee is a much-beloved drink in Turkey. It also has a history that
stretches back centuries.
Turkish coffee is a ritual and arguably the ancestor of all modern
bean-based caffeine kicks. It’s a nearly 500-year-old piece of
history, inscribed by UNESCO on its list.
The story of Turkish coffee, however, begins not in Turkey, but in
Yemen. Here’s
From nurse to nomad: She’s living full-time on cruise ships
Belencia Wallace is living the dream, if quitting work and living
full-time on a cruise ship is your idea of a good time — and it
should be. Wallace, known as Ladybug Travel, is a registered nurse who
sold nearly everything she owned to spend 15 months straight at sea.
Even if you aren’t planning a 15-month sea-based adventure, a
water-resistant sunscreen is a vacation essential if you’re hitting
some waves. Our partners at CNN Underscored, a product reviews and
recommendations guide owned by CNN, have to the best.
In case you missed it
Southwest Airlines’ new planes are equipped with a barrier by the
cockpit.
It’s for when the door is opened mid-flight.
China’s bullet trains whisk travelers between cities.
They also make travelers feel they’ve been.
Mall runs and night swims save the summer in the United Arab Emirates.
Daytime temperatures top 104 degrees in.
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