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Author:  Amnesia10 [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:49 pm ]
Post subject:  US to charge tourists $10 for permission to visit
http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2010/m ... s-to-enter

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According to the US Travel Association, foreign visitor numbers have dropped every year since 2001, with 2.4 million fewer overseas visitors last year than in 2000.

It is becoming more and more hassle to visit the US. :(
Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 6:53 pm ]
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I happily pay for Americans to stay in their own country and stop bothering the rest of us.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:00 pm ]
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The traveller is always an easy target.
Author:  rustybucket [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:02 pm ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
The traveller is always an easy target.

Surely the American travellers would make the easiest target?

;)
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:06 pm ]
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rustybucket wrote:
belchingmatt wrote:
The traveller is always an easy target.

Surely the American travellers would make the easiest target?

;)


Second only to a barn door.
Author:  bobbdobbs [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:42 pm ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
rustybucket wrote:
belchingmatt wrote:
The traveller is always an easy target.

Surely the American travellers would make the easiest target?

;)


Second only to a barn door.

Is that because the average American is bigger than a barn door! :lol:
Author:  mikepgood [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:48 pm ]
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Just another reason not to go..............................
Author:  TheHobgob [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 8:43 pm ]
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Good on them, we should do the same. The amount is so small it wont stop anyone that wants to (and I do) visit. Yet the volume of people coming in will provide a massive boost to the economy.

Hobgob.
Author:  Coref [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:02 pm ]
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If they're going to charge for an ESTA, does that mean they'll finally get rid of the paper one which they make you fill out even if you've done the online one?
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:15 pm ]
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Coref wrote:
If they're going to charge for an ESTA, does that mean they'll finally get rid of the paper one which they make you fill out even if you've done the online one?


Reduce paperwork, it'll never happen.
Author:  Coref [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:36 pm ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
Coref wrote:
If they're going to charge for an ESTA, does that mean they'll finally get rid of the paper one which they make you fill out even if you've done the online one?


Reduce paperwork, it'll never happen.


Yeah. Maybe they could also produce a form that can be filled out by someone who has drunk too much wine on the plane too. :oops:
Author:  okenobi [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:44 pm ]
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It's a great country for a lot of reasons. And we helped to create it. No need to bash so hard.

It's bloody hard work getting in as it is though. If $10 makes it easier, then I'm up for it. However, I fear the US will continue to isolate itself by being a prick to it's visitors.
Author:  belchingmatt [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 9:50 pm ]
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okenobi wrote:
It's bloody hard work getting in as it is though. If $10 makes it easier, then I'm up for it. However, I fear the US will continue to isolate itself by being a prick to it's visitors.

$10 won't make it easier to get in, it will pay for more people to want get in. Marketing all the way.

I've never been to the US but would love to go at some point, there are so many other countries that are worth visiting just as much and so with the troubles and now cost of entering the US, I would probably visit somewhere else first.
Author:  hifidelity2 [ Fri Mar 05, 2010 11:27 pm ]
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Phew just did mine the other day - good for 2 years it says
Author:  Linux_User [ Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:03 am ]
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Thanks but no thanks, I have Europe on my doorstep. ;)
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