US Travel Association Encouraged by Trump's New Stance

According to United States President Donald Trump, “America first is not America alone.”

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With international tourism numbers dropping over the last year, travel organizations are hoping the president’s comments during his speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Friday indicate a renewed focus on enticing visitors from around the world to arrive more frequently in the U.S. over the coming years.

One organization standing behind Trump’s Davos comments is the U.S. Travel Association and its President and CEO Roger Dow.

The support comes after Dow’s association was a key part in the formation of the Visit U.S. organization, which is a coalition of industry insiders promoting tourism to America.

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The U.S. Travel Association provided Dow’s comments on Trump’s speech, in full:

“We've been urging the president to proclaim America open for business, and we're very encouraged that he did so on the world stage in Davos.

Robust international inbound travel is part and parcel of capturing the vast economic benefit of engaging with the rest of the word. Travel, after all, is the front door to economic development: the president’s goals for foreign investment will necessarily begin with someone taking a trip here.

We urge the president to issue bold travel and tourism goals to help restore American competitiveness in the global travel market, which will be a critical boost toward his goal of sustained three-percent economic growth.”