America is leaving travel-related jobs and revenues on the table because we’re not laying out the welcome mat for business travelers and tourists. We need to ensure that when tourists are ready to travel and business people are ready to make deals, they come to the greatest travel destination of them all—the United States of America.
Expanding travel and tourism can and should be a bipartisan priority, and it’s one the U.S. Chamber strongly supports.
Travel and tourism already accounts for $888 billion in revenues and 7.9 million American jobs. It could do so much more for our economy if we did a better job of laying out the welcome mat for international travelers. In fact, if we restored our share of the travel market to its 2000 level we could create more than 450,000 jobs by 2020.
We need to broaden visa waiver programs, limit wait times at customs, and implement trusted traveler programs to reduce the hassles without jeopardizing safety. We need to let the world know we want their business, and that means we need to make travel promotion a priority.
The Chamber is:
Each year, the U.S. Chamber hosts 1,000 executive leaders from across the aviation and aerospace industries, including corporate CEOs, policymakers, and influencers from inside and outside of Washington, providing unparalleled opportunities for networking and business development.
Washington, D.C. — U.S. Chamber of Commerce CEO Tom Donohue hosted a press conference today alongside leading association CEOs and representatives from the travel, aviation, and retail industry to discuss concerns about the coronavirus and actions that businesses are taking to mitigate the impact of the virus on public health and the economy. During his opening remarks, Donohue said:
Carol Hallett, the leading executive of the U.S. Chamber's Aviation Summit, breaks down aviation trends and industry insights.
U.S. Chamber President Tom Donohue's remarks on the State of American Business as prepared for delivery on January 9, 2020.
Today U.S. Chamber CEO Thomas J. Donohue cautioned that the United States must continue to engage on the world stage or risk being left behind in his annual State of American Business Address.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the United States Senate, supporting Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations legislation.
This Key Vote Alert! letter was sent to the U.S. House of Representatives, supporting Fiscal Year 2020 appropriations legislation.
Promoting Competitiveness & Transatlantic Cooperation
This Hill letter was sent to the House Committee on Financial Services, supporting legislation to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act program.
Global Trade 2019Trade disputes, technology and transparency14 October | Chatham House, London
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