U.S. Tourism & the U.S. Government

[Ed Wetschler]

"Every 35 international visitors we welcome to the U.S. generates one American job that can't be outsourced." -Roger Dow, CEO of the U.S. Travel Association.

Why, then, has the U.S. Government -- unlike Mexico, Israel, Germany, Spain, Turkey, etc. -- always been such a laggard at encouraging tourism?