• robocall@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They are already saving thousands of dollars to buy the plane ticket, prepare themselves for the long journey north, and pay a coyote. This will make it take longer, but I don’t think it will deter them.

    • edric@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      For migrants trying to cross to the US? Maybe, but that’s still a large sum for someone who left everything back home. For regular tourists? Absolutely not small. That’s enough to deter a lot of non-rich tourists and will probably affect their tourism sector.

      • knifebird@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        💯 Considering how weak so many of our African currencies are already, $1000 is a whole lotta cash.

        • dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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          1 year ago

          I think that’s kind of the point. How many tourists ACTUALLY go to El Salvador from African nations for simple recreation? The number has to be tiny. I’m guessing the country has analyzed the numbers of people coming in from India and African nations and found that a small number are tourists, and most of those could already afford to make the trip more expensive. The rest are either on business, where companies can either pay for it or have ways to get around it, or they are trying to make their way to other countries.

    • SirToxicAvenger@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      yeah, especially considering the cost of the plane ticket just to get to a tiny country across a giant ocean