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Originally Posted by Morpheus
From what I understand, tourism to the USA is down by 20% since 2001. That's a substantial drop and it's cost the US nearly $95 billion in foregone spending and over $16 billion in foregone government revenue. Substantial by any measure..... Border issues undermine industry |
But amazingly it hasn't hurt the overall economy much, and none of that is due to the recent changes in passport requirements, which was the topic of this thread. In fact last year Canadians visiting the US actually increased in number. Look if people are going to stay away because they do not like how they are treated at the border, passport laws aren't going to make a difference. And most of those people that did stay away, considering the articles information on Canadian visitors, already needed a passport to enter the country.