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WTTC Says Trump Should Make Tourism Job Growth a Priority

Dan Peltier

Photo Credit: Tourism directly supported 5.5 million jobs in the U.S. last year, according to a new report. Pictured are employees at the Southern Hotel in Covington, Lousiana. Flickr / Peter Clark

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U.S. tourism job growth is already projected to be smaller than the rest of the world without the full impact of some of the Trump administration's policies. The travel industry is asking for a seat at the table to convince Washington why that means bad news.

As a global travel organization released new employment numbers for the industry, its outgoing CEO urged President Donald Trump to encourage U.S. job growth in tourism rather than inhibit it. In the U.S., tourism directly supported 5.5 million jobs and supported a total of 14.2 million jobs both directly and indirectly in 2016, according to a new report from the World Travel & Tourism Council, or WTTC (see full report below). "Travel and tourism jobs are intrinsic to making America great because they cannot be replaced elsewhere!" David Scowsill, WTTC's CEO, said in a statement. "We urge the U.S. administration to acknowledge the strength of these figures and to adjust their current predominantly inward-facing strategy, which seems to be restricting growt

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