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Travel
Promotion Act - the US
as a premier travel
destination - Senate
passes bipartisan bill
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Will the Travel Promotion Act be a major benefit to
the RVing industry? Roaming Times thinks it
will. RV rentals, RV manufacturers, RV parks -
and much more - will all benefit...
Historic Vote
Puts United States on Path to Welcoming Millions of
New Visitors, Creating Thousands of American Jobs
Washington, DC - U.S. Travel Association - 2/26/2010
- Landmark legislation that establishes a
multi-million dollar, public-private partnership to
promote the United States as a premier travel
destination and better explain travel security
policies to foreign travelers gained final passage
by a strong bipartisan vote of 78 to 18 in the
Senate today. According to independent analysis by
Oxford Economics, the program could attract 1.6
million additional visitors from other countries and
create more than $4 billion in consumer spending
annually. The legislation, which passed the House in
November, is expected to be signed into law by
President Obama in the coming days.
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“This is a historic victory for the U.S. economy
and the one in eight American workers whose jobs
depend on travel,” said Roger Dow, president and
CEO of the U.S. Travel Association. “The United
States Congress has sent a clear message that
travel is a high priority to our nation and that
tangible steps must be taken to increase travel
to and within the United States. We are
extremely grateful to the bill’s champions:
Senators Reid, Dorgan, Ensign and Klobuchar in
the Senate and Representatives Delahunt, Blunt
and Farr in the House.”
The Travel Promotion Act creates the Corporation
for Travel Promotion, modeled after successful
programs in U.S. states and other developed
nations, with the mission of attracting more
visitors to the United States. The initiative is
funded through a matching program featuring up
to $100 million in private sector contributions
and a $10 fee on foreign travelers who do not
pay $131 for a visa to enter the United States.
The fee will be collected once every two years
in conjunction with the Department of Homeland
Security’s Electronic System for Travel
Authorization. No money is provided by U.S.
taxpayers.
“We know how successful a public-private
partnership to promote travel can be from our
own experience at the state level,” said
Caroline Beteta, chair of the U.S. Travel
Association and president and CEO of the
California Travel & Tourism Commission. “With
the best minds coming together from government
and private industry to boost international
travel to our country, we can make travel an
even stronger economic engine for America.”
The Corporation will work closely with the
Departments of Commerce, Homeland Security and
State to develop a nationally coordinated,
multi-channel marketing and communications
program to attract more international visitors
and explain changing travel security policies.
“We could never have accomplished this common
sense policy without our champions in Congress
and the White House, and without the united and
passionate voice of the travel community. The
Travel Promotion Act shows what can be
accomplished when the government and private
sector work together to solve a problem,” said
Jonathan Tisch, Chairman and CEO of Loews Hotels
and Chairman Emeritus of the U.S. Travel
Association.
Research shows that international travel to the
United States, especially from overseas origins,
has suffered due to negative perceptions about
travel processes following increased security
reforms post 9/11. While international travel
has boomed over the past decade, with 46 million
more international travelers taking long-haul
trips in 2009 than in 2000, the United States
actually lost visitors, welcoming 2.4 million
fewer overseas travelers than in 2000.
The failure of the United States to simply keep
pace with the growth in international long-haul
travel has cost a combined 68 million visitors
to the U.S. and more than $500 billion in total
spending over the last decade.
Historic Vote Puts
United States on Path to Welcoming Millions of
New Visitors, Creating Thousands of American
Jobs
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