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March 11, 2008
The Washington Post
Where Have All the Tourists Gone?
By Cindy Loose

The travel industry is focusing on solving the problem. Legislation called the "Travel Promotion Act" is currently being considered in Congress. Under the act, visitors from "visa waiver" countries -- in other words, visitors from places that we don't require to pay for a visa -- would pay a fee, probably about $10, to the U.S. government when visiting. That would raise an estimated $100 million. The travel industry would match that, and the $200 million would be used to promote travel to the United States. The United States, by the way, is one of the rare countries that doesn't have a national tourism program.

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