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One reason you may see large American hospitality sector companies such as Hilton
Hotels Corp. (NYSE:HLT)
and Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE:LVS)
looking overseas for investment opportunities might be reflected in the latest U.S. Dept.
of Commerce statistics showing a continued decline in foreign
visitors to the U.S.
Geoff Freeman, the head of Discover America Partnership, was quoted by the Gaming Industry
News as saying the U.S. has lost almost 60 million visitors since 9/11, with a significant
17% decline in overseas visitors. Their survey concludes a negative impression of the U.S.
is the primary reason for this decline in visitorship.
The top 10 countries of origin of our visitors:
The U.S. continues to struggle to find a balance between securing its borders and welcoming visitors (and their spending). The industry is pinning its hopes on new legislation to streamline the vetting process for foreign visitors. http://www.bloggingstocks.com/2007/03/26/u-s-tourism-down-by-60-million-visitors-since-9-11
"To Achieve World
Government it is necessary to remove from the minds of men their individualism,
their loyalty to family traditions and national identification" Brock Chisholm - Director of the World Health Organization
"A society whose citizens refuse to see and investigate the facts, who refuse to
believe that their government and their media will routinely lie to them and fabricate a
reality contrary to verifiable facts, is a society that chooses and deserves the Police
State Dictatorship it's going to
get." Ian Williams Goddard
The fact is that "political correctness" is all about creating uniformity. Individualism is one of the biggest obstacles in the way of the New World Order. They want a public that is predictable and conditioned to do as it's told without asking questions.
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." Thomas Jefferson