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tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:02:24 AM

pahunkboy

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http://www.roguegovernment.com/news.php?id=11036

I know we have a few on the board that had a time with customs. Why didnt we consider this 5 years ago?

The number in tourism dollars is immense.

I did not like the way customs treated me- the 2 times I was out- and I am a citizen.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:41:50 AM

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Pa Hunk, we have plenty of touristas from Mexico!
Of course they don't bring any money with them!

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:45:27 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Pa Hunk, we have plenty of touristas from Mexico!
Of course they don't bring any money with them!

well now since the dollar declined the peso is king. ;-0

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:48:58 AM

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I travel overseas to visit with my wifes family and have never had a problem with customs. I fly from Chicago to Germany than to Greece and the same route back. In the 5 years I have been going, customs in Chicago has never even checked my bags on the return flight. They just wave us through.

perhaps that is not a good thing either

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:50:44 AM

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Tourists aren't coming to the U.S. because they have a silly little aversion to being FINGERPRINTED.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:52:11 AM

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One of my cousins while he was in high school blew up the toilet with an m-80. so he was suspended. Anyhow on return from Mexico he was questioned- [I would have questioned him as well,lol-]

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:54:31 AM

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I wouldnt come back to the US on holiday, unless it was for a very good reason- I spent over two hours in the most boiling room ever, with guards with guns there, hurded like cattle, at JFK.

Now I dont know the welcome overseas people get at Heathrow, my local, but I'm sure its gotta be better than that.

Oh and being fingerprinted and photoed, asked where I'll stay like I'm there to do something wrong- not good. Really really anti fingerprinting.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 11:02:21 AM

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My mate came in from a trip this past week and it's apparent that, at least at our airport, they're trying to do something about making customs easier for visiting international tourists -- my mate sat for almost 3 hours waiting for a customs official for "US Citizens", while the Foreign Diplomats and International Visitors windows were double or triple-staffed.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 11:06:11 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: housesub4you

I travel overseas to visit with my wifes family and have never had a problem with customs. I fly from Chicago to Germany than to Greece and the same route back. In the 5 years I have been going, customs in Chicago has never even checked my bags on the return flight. They just wave us through.

perhaps that is not a good thing either

Housesub, you've never landed at Boston-Logan from overseas have you?
One time they pulled me into Aer Lingus's inspection room before going to Ireland with my luggage and searched that too!
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"I'm a chain smoker!"
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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 1:17:23 PM

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seems if it is a problem, why take a flight? I mean once there- the money for the flight is spent.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 1:48:03 PM

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I don't know if I trust an article from roguegovernment.com. After all they proclaim, "Exposing government corruption and the New World Order."

I seem to remember that we were gaining international tourists because of the weakened dollar. People are coming here for bargains.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 2:00:35 PM

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-fr-

when i went to england a couple years after 9/11, the british let me through just fine - all they asked was why i was staying, for how long, and where i was staying, and they didn't bother to actually check any of it. coming back, i spent 3 hours just trying to get through security checks and had to go through baggage claim twice in case i was trying to hide anything in my checked stuff. (this was also before i became muslim, incidentally.) we citizens are awfully dangerous; i wouldn't want to visit here either.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 6:15:35 PM

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From the US Dept. of Commerce dated 3/8/08:

http://www.commerce.gov/NewsRoom/PressReleases_FactSheets/PROD01_005355

WASHINGTON–U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos M. Gutierrez today announced that 2007 set an all time record for international tourism, with visitors pumping $122 billion into the U.S. economy from over 56 million international visitors supporting 8.5 million American jobs. Last year exceeded all previous records in both international spending and visitation to the United States. Over half of international visitors came to America from NAFTA alone.

"This is yet another record-breaking year for the US travel and tourism industry and another year in which it produced a healthy trade surplus," Gutierrez said.

International visitors spent a record-breaking $122.7 billion visiting the United States in 2007. This is an increase of nearly 14 percent over the previous record set in 2006 and a 53 percent increase from the low numbers following September 11, 2001. Spending by international travelers while in the U.S., including passenger fares, is defined as a U.S. export.

A record 56.7 million international visitors traveled to the U.S. in 2007, an increase of 11 percent over 2006. This level also surpassed the 2000 record year of 51.2 million visitors. Ten of the top 25 markets broke records set in previous years and the NAFTA countries combined with a total of almost 33 million visitors.

U.S. travel and tourism industry is a $1.2 trillion industry, generating a trade surplus for this country for 19 consecutive years. The travel and tourism industry is a major employer in the U.S. economy. It employs 8.5 million people, which is more than other major industries such as the construction industry, the business and financial services industries, agriculture, and education."

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 6:25:52 PM

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Hmmmm..... which source to believe?

I had heard on the ground reports that places like Beale Street, Colonial Williamsburg, Disney, etc. were seeing a greater influx of foreign tourists.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 6:29:18 PM

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my experience going through Heathrow earlier this year was a breeze.. (of course, I didn't fly intoTerm. 5...lol)

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 6:50:17 PM

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I wouldn't want to travel anywhere as a tourist today. The only recent places I travelled to where it was easy were Cambodia and Vietnam. What in the hell is the world coming to

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 9:07:54 PM

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I seem to remember that we were gaining international tourists because of the weakened dollar. People are coming here for bargains.

I can’t speak for the whole country but I can speak for my little corner of it. I work in a business where we draw a lot of foreign tourists. Most are from Canada which is only a twenty some minute drive from us (that’s to get to the border, how long will it take you to get across the border? Do yourself a favor and don’t even get me fucking started on that.) but we do get them from all over the world. With the decline of the dollar America is a good tourist (and investment) bargain right now and we have seen a marked increase of foreign tourists. Again, most of these are from Canada but I’ve seen increase from all over as well. And when I say all over I mean all over. Just going to work every day I’ve met people from Europe, South America, Asia, Africa and Australia (nobody from Antarctica... yet.)

We had expected to see a big decrease in the number of visitors from other parts of the United States due to the high gas prices but in fact there has only been a slight decrease. With the rest of the world too expensive for many Americans right now I guess vacationing in the U.S. is the better option, despite the gas prices.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 9:21:36 PM

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Its worth the extra expense to ship your luggage. Our hotel in London, held if for us free of charge, and was very helpful getting it shipped back to the United States.

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:00:40 PM

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I am planning on shipping my luggage on the next airline trip. Did everything arrive in one piece? Nothing broken or missing?

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RE: tourism up, but not in US - 7/29/2008 10:02:53 PM

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What, you didn't want your belongings tossed like a salad and a free strip-search with a bunch of sweaty security guards!? Geeessh!

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