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Originally Posted by Gort
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.
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I would also add that Stevan Porter, president, the Americas, InterContinental Hotels Group; James Rasulo, chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts; J. Willard Marriott, Jr., Chairman and CEO of Marriott International; Jonathan Tisch, chairman and CEO of Loew’s Hotels; and Roger Dow, president and CEO of the Travel Industry Association (TIA) have formed the Discover America Partnership to try to fix the obviously huge problem of the US's poor and declining global image.