Contact Your Senators Immediately And Urge Their Support
23 Feb 10
The travel community is on the cusp of final passage of the Travel Promotion Act, landmark legislation which will for the first time create a public-private partnership to promote travel to the United States. The travel community is on the cusp of final passage of the Travel Promotion Act, landmark legislation which will for the first time create a public-private partnership to promote travel to the United States. After months of focus on other issues, including health care reform and jobs stimulus legislation, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has indicated that final consideration of this important bill is imminent. President Obama also touted the value of the legislation during his comments in Las Vegas this past Friday (click here).
We urge you to please start reaching out to your Senators today to ensure that when the bill is brought to the floor they are ready to support it. Speak to them about the immediate need to pass this bill in order to help our economy by attracting new spending, creating new jobs and reducing our national deficit, all at no cost to American taxpayers (see below for links to contact information and talking points).
In order to help you make the case, we worked in conjunction with Oxford Economics to develop a new analysis of overseas travel to the United States titled The Lost Decade which shows the failure of the United States to simply keep pace with the growth in international long-haul travel worldwide and how much it has cost our economy:
- 68.3 million lost visitors, each of whom on average spend well over $4,000 dollars.
- $509 billion in lost spending, including $214 billion in direct spending and $295 billion in downstream spending at restaurants, retailers, and scores of other small businesses.
- 441,000 lost jobs, direct, indirect and induced, in all regions of the country.
- $32 billion in lost tax revenue at the federal, state and local levels.
- $270 billion in lost trade surplus, export funding needed to rebuild our economy.
As you know, the Senate passed the Travel Promotion Act in September (S.1023) with a strong bipartisan vote of 79-19. The Travel Promotion Act was then unanimously approved by the House of Representatives in November as part of H.R.1299. Because the legislation creates "revenue" for the federal government, the Constitution requires that the Travel Promotion Act originate in the House. Therefore, the Senate must now take a final vote on H.R.1299.
It's important that every Senator who supported the legislation in September hear again from members of the travel community thanking them for their original vote of support and urging their continued support in the coming weeks for final passage of the legislation.
Your relentless grassroots advocacy for more than two years has moved the United States one giant step closer to its first multi-million dollar, nationally coordinated travel promotion program. Let's get the job done in the Senate with final passage.
Contact Your Senators TODAY
Call or email your Senator today and let him/her know that you value their support for the Travel Promotion Act.
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Senate Passes Bipartisan Travel Promotion Act, Sends Bill to President for Signature
26 Feb 10
Historic Vote Puts United States on Path to Welcoming Millions of New Visitors, Creating Thousands of American Jobs
http://www.travmedia.com/north-america/pressrelease.php?id=54609&mo=3&referencekey=d66cd2092d34039ac4ad8d092024d19a
"NTA Says Farr's TRIP Act Will Boost Domestic Tourism"
Washington, D.C. Representative Sam Farr (D-California), co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, has introduced H. R. 4676, the Travel Regional Investment Partnership (TRIP) Act, which will provide US$50 million in matching grants to destination marketing organizations and their strategic partners..
http://www.travmedia.com/north-america/pressrelease.php?id=54691&mo=3&referencekey=d66cd2092d34039ac4ad8d092024d19a
More good news and support for US Tourism:
"NTA Says Farr's TRIP Act Will Boost Domestic Tourism"
Washington, D.C. – Representative Sam Farr (D-California), co-chair of the Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus, has introduced H. R. 4676, the Travel Regional Investment Partnership (TRIP) Act, which will provide US$50 million in matching grants to destination marketing organizations and their strategic partners.
This press release is available at
http://www.travmedia.com/north-america/pressrelease.php?id=54691&mo=3&referencekey=d66cd2092d34039ac4ad8d092024d19a
"Obama Administration Appoints NTA Board Member to 2010-11 U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board"
LEXINGTON, Ky. – NTA Secretary/Treasurer Nick Calderazzo of RMP Travel has been appointed to the U.S. Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, which serves to advise and develop plans for the Obama administration on issues of travel and tourism. A 33 year travel veteran, Calderazzo has actively served the travel industry through volunteer work including his current spot on the NTA Board of Directors and will become NTA chairman and CEO in 2012.
This press release is available at
http://www.travmedia.com/north-america/pressrelease.php?id=54884&mo=3&referencekey=d66cd2092d34039ac4ad8d092024d19a
President Obama Signs the Travel Promotion Act Today
3/4/2010
The TPA will establish the first U.S. travel promotion program.
The newly passed Travel Promotion Act will create a nonprofit Corporation for Travel Promotion that will promote the United States as a travel destination and explain travel and security policies to international visitors. A US$10 fee charged to visitors from countries included in the Visa Waiver Program will partially fund the public-private organization. These visitors will pay the fee every two years when they register online using the Department of Homeland Security's Electronic System for Travel Authorization. The rest of the funding will come through a matching program of up to $100 million in private sector contributions.
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