And, while it's a shame that the marketing of this country must be paid for by nicking the very visitors it seeks to attract, it's the only way that the collective Congressional brain-trust could get its arms around such a concept.
$10 a head on every international entry will now go to a new $200 million program to promote visitation to America. Except Canadians.
Buried deep in the bill just signed is a clause that exempts our neighbors to the north based on our "special relationship," according to Geoff Freeman of USTA.
It's a good thing that members of the Senate didn't read this bill (as they apparently fail to read most of the ones that come across their desk), or some damn fool would have tried to hold it up in retaliation for Canada's Hockey win in the Olympics.
Although, I wonder how Mexico feels...
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