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Visitors spend two to three hours in entry lines, which costs U.S. travel-related businesses up to $416 million a year, according to the association’s report Gateway to Jobs & Growth: Creating a Better Travel Entry Process published yesterday.
It proposes 20 policy changes that could address the problem, all of which aim to shorten the basic entry wait time to 30 minutes for international visitors. The report projects this change will result in a surge in visitors that generates $3.5 billion a year.
In an open letter to Congress, more than 70 U.S. travel executives from city tourism boards, hotel and resort groups, rental car companies, global distribution systems, online booking sites, airports, and the restaurant association urge lawmakers to heed the report’s recommendations and enact legislative reforms.
The 20 policy changes recommended by the U.S. Travel Association are as follows:
U.S. Travel Leaders Urge Congress to Cut Airport Wait Times to 30 Minutes - Skift
It proposes 20 policy changes that could address the problem, all of which aim to shorten the basic entry wait time to 30 minutes for international visitors. The report projects this change will result in a surge in visitors that generates $3.5 billion a year.
In an open letter to Congress, more than 70 U.S. travel executives from city tourism boards, hotel and resort groups, rental car companies, global distribution systems, online booking sites, airports, and the restaurant association urge lawmakers to heed the report’s recommendations and enact legislative reforms.
The 20 policy changes recommended by the U.S. Travel Association are as follows:
U.S. Travel Leaders Urge Congress to Cut Airport Wait Times to 30 Minutes - Skift
