Feb 22, 2010
U.S. Travel Delivers Job Creation Proposals to Congress
According to the U.S. Travel Association’s website (www.ustravel.org) the organization sent a letter late last week to Senate leaders with proposals to help put people back to work as part of its continued push to use travel as a means to create jobs and stimulate the economy. The recommendations include travel-related tax deductions, hiring of additional consular officers and creating a promotion program aimed at attracting more international travelers.
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Travel is directly responsible for 7.7 million American jobs, and another 10 million jobs are indirectly related to travel, making it one of the largest employment sectors in the country. According to the U.S. Travel Association, the industry lost nearly 400,000 jobs the past two years, but current modest projected growth of two-to-three percent this year will create about 90,000 jobs.
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For more information and to read the letter visit: Â http://www.ustravel.org/news/press-releases/us-travel-delivers-job-creation-proposals-congress
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Sundance Vacations certainly supports the U.S Travel Association’s proposal. What do you think? Does travel have the ability to stimulate the economy?
You know, I have to tell you, I really enjoy this blog and the insight from everyone who participates. I find it to be refreshing and very informative. I wish there were more blogs like it. Anyway, I felt it was about time I posted, I’ve spent most of my time here just lurking and reading, but today for some reason I just felt compelled to say this.
Travel definately has the ability to stimulate the economy. That is why I am so proud to be a part of Sundance Vacations. Sundance strives to make the travel industry more perfect everyday!
Yes!!! Travel has the ability to stimulate the economy. I agree with the U.S. Travel Association, let’s get more people on vacation!
Of course travel stimulates the economy. We’re very proud of the way Sundance Vacations is able to specifically stimulate the local economies of Northeast Pa. For example, when a Chicago traveler books a vacation some of their money is used to pay salaries for employees located in rural Pa. Sundance essentially helps to transfer some wealth from the major metropolitan areas to little, sometimes struggling communities.
Sundance Vacation travelers are also critical to stimulating the economies in resort areas. We recently returned from Maui where the effects of the recession where very evident. The car rental lots were overflowing with cars (not enough travelers to rent them).
So, if you want to do something helpful to the economy…book a vacation!
Travel definatly stimulates the economy. It does it in more ways than most people could think of.
Great idea…traveling is so helpful to a someones health.
As well as the economy.