Well as many travel experts had already predicted, President Barack Obama has just signed a bill that imposes a $10 fee on foreign travelers that are coming to the United States. This fee will be combined with a $100 million private sector fundraising campaign to market and advertise international tourism. This was a bill that was passed along to the President to either veto or agree to. Since Obama had been a big supporter of this bill for a long time, most assumed that this was just a formality and that the bill would go through.

However, not everyone is happy about this new Travel Promotion Act. Most notably, other countries that now have to pay this fee are not happy. Travel experts say that this bill is not a good idea. They say that it’s crazy to think that charging people an extra fee would increase tourism. The idea is to charge people a fee, which will then be used to advertise tourism. Thus, it’s easy to see why the bill is catching a lot of heat.

Lawmakers, however, hope that the foreign tax and private sector contributors will help market the United States as a great tourist destination. There has been a lot of things that have discouraged travel to the United States in recent years. This includes anti-American sentiment stemming from the Bush administration and the poor global economy.

The Georgia Department of Economic Development said that this new legislation will increase the United States share of the international travel market. The tourism industry is a major part of the economic stimulus for not only Georgia, but for the whole United States.