White
House asked - Today,Wednesday, September 19, for a conference on
Travel and Tourism with
senior White House officials to discuss the Obama Administration's
travel and tourism progress report released earlier this morning.
This report highlights the progress made since President Obama signed
the tourism executive order.
Earlier
this year, President Obama issued an Executive
Order on
travel and tourism that directed federal agencies to aggressively
expand the nation's ability to attract and welcome visitors, while
maintaining the highest standards of security. Today, the White House
released a progress report from the U.S. Departments of State and
Homeland Security that outlines the activities underway to meet the
President's goal of boosting the travel and tourism industry in the
United States. This report discusses the steps taken to achieve the
President's visa and foreign visitor processing goals and the current
progress of these and other measures to significantly bolster
international travel and tourism.