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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. :(

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I happily pay for Americans to stay in their own country and stop bothering the rest of us.

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The traveller is always an easy target.

Surely the American travellers would make the easiest target?

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belchingmatt wrote:
The traveller is always an easy target.

Surely the American travellers would make the easiest target?

;)


Second only to a barn door.

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rustybucket wrote:
belchingmatt wrote:
The traveller is always an easy target.

Surely the American travellers would make the easiest target?

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Second only to a barn door.

Is that because the average American is bigger than a barn door! :lol:

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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.

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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?

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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?


Reduce paperwork, it'll never happen.

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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?


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:

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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.


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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.

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