Articles tagged “U.S. Department of Commerce”

The U.S. risks missing out on billions in tourism revenue unless it modernizes its airport processes, slashes visa red tape, and takes other steps ahead of major sporting events.

Nearly every other country has a tourism minister or tourism secretary. In a halfway fix, the U.S. Congress passed funding bills Friday that included money to hire an assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism.

The U.S. travel industry should lower their expectations that the assistant secretary for travel and tourism will make their jobs easier.

The federal tourism official idea is wedded to the national tourism strategy. There can't be one without the other.