Americans promise visa regime facilitation
In 2006 the percent of refusals in reception of the American visa has decreased up to 11%. For the comparison, four years ago this parameter was up to standard of 25 %. Such data have been presented on July, 12th in the American embassy to experts of the tour agencies, arranging tours to America, and 10 journalists, who have been invited to assembly of committee VisitUSA. Similar committees already operate in other countries, uniting travel companies and public organizations and being some kind of body of information interchange between branch and the American tourist authorities.
Russia’s trading expert at embassy has told, that after September, 11th, American tourist industry has appeared the most suffered business. Toughening of visa regime and decrease in the general positioning of the USA as tourist direction has played its fatal role. 194 thousand workplaces have been lost; the American economy has received less than $94 billion.
The American government, concerned by it for the first time in history, has passed the law on allocation of the advertising budget for popularization of trips to the USA (its sum is not disclosed yet).
Us travel minister has made the review of an operating visa regime, having told, that initially American legislation considers each applicant as the potential emigrant - while it will not prove the return. Journalists, naturally, had a question about how Americans are going “to liberalize” a visa regime and they received the following answer: visa regime facilitation may be reached due to the increased number of employees of boundary and customs services and new security measures’ implementation …
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