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Astrad Donating Member (374 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:09 AM
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'Unwelcoming' US sees sharp fall in visitors since 9/11'
"The number of foreign visitors to the United States has plummeted since the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington because foreigners don't feel welcome, tourism professionals said Thursday.

"Since September 11, 2001, the United States has experienced a 17 percent decline in overseas travel, costing America 94 billion dollars in lost visitor spending, nearly 200,000 jobs and 16 billion dollars in lost tax revenue," the Discover America advocacy campaign said in a statement."

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gW0k9nzBC6HnafIwxJfGcmXxhGaQ
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:13 AM
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1. Waterboarding, torture, illegal wiretapping and spying, harassment at the airport....
Katrina...?

Why wouldn't foreign visitors want to come here? :think: :sarcasm:
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:52 AM
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11. They sure as hell don't want to be Bushwhacked
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 12:41 PM
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26. or Bushnapped to Medievalstan to be Gonzoed on a Cheneyboard. nt
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Toots Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:14 AM
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2. Republican don't need the rest of the world for anything
They brag about that...
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:24 AM
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10. that was *'s attitude when people from other countries wanted to
help after Katrina or even 9/11, he told them to Fuck off. I hate this man, why is he still in office? little prick man.
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indepat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:57 AM
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12. Forgetting that the rest of the would has been funding our massive budget and trade deficits,
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 08:57 AM by indepat
otherwise we couldn't spend as much on our military as the rest of the world spends on theirs. That a day of reckoning will come just as surely as God made little green apples in the summertime is a no-brainer.
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Quantess Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:14 PM
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30. Which is completely untrue
but yes, they like to claim that.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:18 AM
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3. I'm shocked we dont have more visitors from Europe. The Euro is kicking ass
One Euro could buy (at last look) $1.44 worth of goods. Hell, even the Canadian dollar is better off than our pitiful greenbacks.
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marmar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:20 AM
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6. I think that's the thesis of the article. Despite all the economic reasons to do so....
they still aren't coming. Our name is mud.
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HughBeaumont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:33 AM
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21. I don't think I'd visit a country .. .
. . . that continues to have history's biggest dolt as it's leader, purchasing benefits notwithstanding. The US isn't exactly the most progressive country on earth, when you think about it. Our cultural and societal tastes are highly dumbed down when compared to other nations. Our media lies, distorts and withholds information on a constant basis. We scoff at the European way of running countries yet seemingly have no problem with our neo-plutocratic system and keep sending people to the White House to continue this chicanery. We still have no universal health care.
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atreides1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:21 AM
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7. It's the free strip searches
That might be the deterrent.;)
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SteelPenguin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:18 AM
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18. A lot of it is the hurdles
I have a number of friends over in Europe who are just travelling other places. For them to visit the US now from visas and other paperwork, it's just apparently too much of an annoyance and cost. Why wade through red tape to go to the US when they can go somewhere else without any.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 12:13 PM
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23. I've no intention of visiting beautiful Myanmar.
Even though the dollar probably goes a long way there.
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LakeSamish706 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:18 AM
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4. Uhhh Except for those loyal Canadian's whose dollar value is...
at over $1.07 against the US $$$$ this AM...

Thanks George, "For Nothing"
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PDJane Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:18 AM
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5. My family has stopped travelling there.
If possible, we don't even change planes there. The reasons are too numerous to go into, but it's such a PITA...and we all tend to be suspicious characters, it seems. You know, educated, well read, somewhat left of centre...that sort of thing.
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bdamomma Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:22 AM
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8. foreign visitors have other places to go, they are not coming
into a country that has losted their way. Sickening and disgusting how far we have fallen in such a short time, why doesn't anyone get this, HEY CONGRESS WAKE THE FUCK UP!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:21 AM
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19. I love America
the bookstores, the university libraries, museums, parks and even just walking on a New York Avenue, but it just isn't worth the bother. What's worse is that all but one of my siblings and most of my relatives live in America. These days I only visit when I have to - graduations and conferences. I've passed on the Thanksgiving family reunion. I don't think a four day trip is worth airport harassment six times. I'm not coming for Christmas either. I used to visit three and four times a year.
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soothsayer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 08:24 AM
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9. Well since they are all coming to KILL US I guess we should be thankful
that the world hates us!! (stupid goddurn admin)
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ozone_man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:01 AM
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13. Then let's drop the dollar some more.
Cut it in half (again). Surely that will bring them.
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Buns_of_Fire Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:11 AM
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14. I hope they don't take it too personally...
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 09:13 AM by Buns_of_Fire
...after all, under the administration, the United States doesn't seem to care one whole hell of a lot for United States citizens, either.
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SammyWinstonJack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:15 AM
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16. Only RICH U.S. CITIZENS matter to the bu$hies. That leaves a whole lot of us out.
Out in the cold.
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demnan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:15 AM
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15. Who wants to see a degenerating third world banna republic
that once was a great country? No one with a heart would want to see that. I don't want to see that. I went on vacation to Canada this year.
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info being Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 01:06 PM
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29. I live abroad and wouldn't care if I never came back
don't miss anything about the US.
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:18 AM
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17. Even foreign dignitaries aren't immune when they come visit
It's embarrassing. :banghead:
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NewJeffCT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 09:23 AM
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20. You'd think with such a cheap dollar, we'd be a bargain vacation for many foreigners, too
but, who wants to come here with Team Bush running the show. They're probably afraid they'd get locked up.
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info being Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 01:06 PM
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28. Nobody wants to vacation in a cultural wasteland
...and one that scares you at that.
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Stinky The Clown Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 12:12 PM
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22. Gee .... all the **other** third world countries get good revenue from tourism. Why can't we?
If you've gone abroad since 9/11, and paid attention to non-Americans at your port of embarkation, you KNOW this is true, even with our very devalued money making US travel a real bargain for non-Americans. Who wants to come over here for holiday and get treated like fucking felon?

I am SO ashamed of our country. I find it harder to afford travel even as my European friends prefer not to come over here.
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treestar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 12:18 PM
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24. I recently came back from Europe and there were tons of tourists there
Granted Europe does have more to see. Europeans can also travel to one another's countries easily now that they have the Euro passport and no monetary exchange where countries use the Euro.

People were nice to us Americans, too. I guess they figure if we are there we aren't the wackos insulting their countries and acting superior.

Most right wing wackos don't want to travel anyway. They sure don't want them furriners coming over here.
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hvn_nbr_2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 12:38 PM
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25. No one could have foreseen...
that being an international thug, trashing international law, and treating foreigners like criminals would make them not want to come here.
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info being Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 01:04 PM
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27. Same reason I don't visit North Korea
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Lisa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-02-07 05:17 PM
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31. easy -- they need to roll out a new ad campaign with pictures of other countries!
Edited on Fri Nov-02-07 05:18 PM by Lisa
Oh wait -- they've already done that.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x7083367
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