On CNN,
Travel group working to avoid another 'lost decade' quotes Roger Dow, president and CEO of the national nonprofit U.S. Travel Association:
"In the past 10 years the rest of the world has increased their global, long-haul travel by 40%. In the same time period, the U.S. has basically increased less than 2%"
and
According to the association's analysis, if the United States had kept pace with the rest of the world in increasing long-haul international travel, 78 million more travelers would have visited in the last decade, adding $606 billion to the U.S. economy.
In a time when both parties would like to contribute to economic growth, this seems like a useful talking point
Thoughts?
jon