253 Russell Senate Office Building

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation’s Subcommittee on Tourism, Competitiveness, and Innovation will hold a hearing titled, “The State of U.S. Travel and Tourism: Government Efforts to Attract 100 Million Visitors Annually”, on Thursday, June 26, 2014, at 10:30 a.m.

The Subcommittee will examine the federal government’s role and efforts to support the U.S. travel and tourism industry, especially in relation to the 2012 National Travel and Tourism Strategy’s goal of attracting 100 million international visitors to the U.S. annually by the end of 2021. In addition, the hearing will offer the opportunity to assess Brand USA, the public-private corporation charged with promoting travel to the U.S. The hearing follows the Subcommittee’s May 8, 2014 hearing that focused on the travel and tourism industry’s perspectives on the economic needs and benefits of increasing travel and tourism to the U.S., as well as the industry’s assessment of the National Travel and Tourism Strategy and Brand USA.