December 8th, 2015 by Elma Jane
The President blamed (Visa Waiver Program) a special visa travel program for allowing one of the San Bernardino terrorists into the country.
The Visa Waiver Program eases entry into the United States for 20 million visitors from nations that meet certain conditions. Mainly tourists and overseas relatives of American citizens and residents, are able to enter the U.S. easily. Passport holders from 38 countries currently qualify for a 90-day visa-free stay in the US.
Visa waiver program is considered crucial to the multibillion dollar travel and tourism business. New York City’s Manhattan, Florida’s theme parks, the Grand Canyon, Hollywood and Las Vegas get a high amount of tourist traffic because of the Visa Waiver Program.
The House will vote on changes to the program today, a worrying news for Travel Industry.
The U.S. travel industry has seen these kinds of changes coming for some time now. The U.S. Travel Association has spent $2 million on lobbying this year alone. The group is not fighting against all changes to the visa program, but instead wants to make certain that any new facets do not go overboard and are not redundant.
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