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Obama signs bill to entice foreign travelers to US
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WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has signed a bill creating a program to promote the U.S. as a premier tourism destination for international travelers.

The U.S. Travel Association calls it a major step in addressing the drop-off in such visits to the U.S. during the past decade. The association says the U.S. welcomed 2.4 million fewer overseas visitors last year than in 2000. And that, the group says, has cost it an estimated $509 billion in total spending and $32 billion in direct tax receipts.

Government and private industry would evenly split the program's costs, with Washington contributing up to $100 million a year. That money will come from a $10 fee paid by foreigners who do not pay for visas to enter the U.S.


mmm $212,000.00 spent per visitor? Over a million for a family of five? :eek:

hmm... I wonder why people didnt travel as much LAST YEAR! Maybe the freaking world was in a recession?

2000 til 2009? Sounds like another attempt to muck up the figures, so that another industry can be bailed out.

Do you really think there will be a tarp style program aimed at the Travel industry?

No I don't......probably an umbrella program though:eek:

speaking of numbers....


http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...rss=rss_nation


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