Posted on 4/12/2006, 2:31:02 AM by PizzaDriver
"US market share of international tourism is at an all-time low, dropping 35 per cent between 1992 and 2004, which translates into $286bn in lost revenue, according to the Travel Industry Association of America (TIA)."
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Tobacco use is stable or rising on most of the Pacific Rim. In Second & Third World nations tobacco use rises WITH income.
The more "PC & anti-smoking" we appear to be, the less welcoming we appear to "Smokey,the globe troting tourist". ['Vegas still welcomes & pampers "Smokey"]
Thank God we're getting plenty of "tourists" from south of the border.
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