U.S. House of Representatives Examines Bill to Jump-Start Travel Economy, Create Thousands of New Jobs
September 11, 2008
September 11, 2008
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- The Travel Industry Association issued the following news release:
In testimony before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today, Geoff Freeman, senior vice president for public affairs at the Travel Industry Association (TIA), said that the decline in overseas travel to the United States since 9/11 has cost America 46 million visitors, $140 billion in lost visitor spending and $23 billio . . .
In testimony before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce today, Geoff Freeman, senior vice president for public affairs at the Travel Industry Association (TIA), said that the decline in overseas travel to the United States since 9/11 has cost America 46 million visitors, $140 billion in lost visitor spending and $23 billio . . .