Less tourists traveling to USA

Have you ever wondered which would the consequences be for the current swine flu menacing the USA in the minds of the tourists? Well, you may have not noticed it yet but the true is that an increasing number of people is leaving the idea of traveling to USA thanks to that menace... Below is another msnbc.com article telling you how it all works:

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WASHINGTON - Foreign travel to the United States is forecast to fall 8 percent in 2009, the U.S. Commerce Department said Wednesday, as the Senate voted to create a new travel promotion program.

Total visits to the United States from Canada, Mexico and overseas countries grew 3.7 percent in 2008 to 58 million, despite troubles in the U.S. housing market that spread economic turmoil worldwide.

The forecast prepared for the Commerce Department by IHS Global Insight Inc expects foreign travel to the United States to rebound 3 percent in 2010 and then increase 5 percent annually to a record 64 million visitors in 2013.

"The numbers are a reminder that while the current global economic climate is difficult, more business sectors, like travel and tourism, are seeing glimmers of hope on the horizon," U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said in a statement.

Meanwhile, the Senate voted unanimously on Wednesday to approve a bill to create an independent, nonprofit corporation to run a new travel promotion campaign.

Senator Bryon Dorgan, one of the bill's sponsors, said in a statement the program would be funded by a small fee paid by foreign travelers visiting the United States and matching contributions from the travel industry.

The House of Representatives would also have to pass the legislation for it to become law.

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The importance of expedition gear when we travel

Even though I am a businesswoman, the truth is that I end up traveling all around the world very often and that’s exactly why it is extremely important that I always study which stuff and gadgets I am going to take with me in order to enjoy the holidays to the maximum!

This summer, I plan to travel to the deserts in Africa and I am already having a look at the highest quality Maxpedition gear so that I can be safe while I am traveling. Moreover, on the website to which I have linked above it is also possible for us to buy some new backpacks, waist packs, Versipacks, sheaths, cell phone and radio holsters, wallets and a lot more for the best prices ever, meaning that we will be able to carry important items with us while we are enjoying our holidays in extreme conditions.

Enjoying the best holidays ever

With the current financial crisis menacing us all, do you honestly think that we can travel to a private island and enjoy the best holidays of your lives? Well, some people may be able to do it including me, but the truth is that most of us can't! Below is another msnbc.com article showing you how you can easily make up your mind and pick a new destination for the upcoming summer:

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By Miriam Marcus

Everyone (who still has a job) is working harder than ever, and taking blissful time off — even for a long weekend — seems somewhere between risky and unthinkable. Surely, paying customers will grow impatient, work will pile up and prospective clients might dangle. If you're gone, who will tamp out the flames when something inevitably goes wrong?

All valid concerns. But here's the equally dangerous flip side: Constant work with no down time can lead to decreased productivity, perspective and creativity, says Randy Kamen-Gredinger, a Wayland, Mass.-based psychologist who specializes in helping people navigate through life cycles.

"Going away gives you an opportunity to recharge and be missed on the job," says Kamen-Gredinger. Healthier still, carving out some time away from the daily grind can even help stave off depression, she adds.

Let's be realistic: Luxuriously long vacations are out. But with the right planning and mindset, even the busiest of us can find the time and resources to recharge — if only for a little while. Here are a few strategies, care of some crafty, hard-working entrepreneurs.

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Vital IT solutions for our businesses

While we are traveling all around the world, we often receive important phone calls from the managers in the companies that we run, reporting that problems with computers or software have been found in crucial departments of the company. In fact, I recently received one of these phone calls from a worker reporting that many computers in my business needed to be repaired.

Keeping this in mind, I would personally recommend every business owner to consider the possibility of looking at this highly trained company providing Business Computer Repair which has really came in handy for me when I needed to repair those computers and I am sure that it will also play an important role in your company!

So, why don’t you consider the possibility of protecting the interests of your company by hiring the services of a skilled company specialized in a wide range of IT solutions for your own business?

The importance of gadgets when traveling

As you would easily guess, when traveling all aroud the world but mainly in Europe, it is extremely important that we always carry the best gadgets and techies with us so that we can keep in touch with our families and also our own businesses... In fact, the msnbc.com article just below will show you how incredibly important these technological gadgets may be:

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By Rick Steves

With my mantra being "pack light," I used to be against packing electronics of any kind. But now, I bring my laptop, iPod, digital camera, and mobile phone to Europe. With hotels retiring their fax machines in favor of email, mobile phones getting cheaper and easier to buy, and Wi-Fi hotspots popping up everywhere, it's never been simpler to get connected.

There are plenty of Internet cafes in Europe. Large European chains such as easyInternetcafe.com offer inexpensive access in big cities. Even small towns have some way to get online — at hostels, hotels, libraries, bookstores, post offices, and so on. If you plan to check your email using a public machine, make sure you sign up for a Web-based account, such as Yahoo.com, Hotmail.com, or Gmail.com.

If you tote your own laptop, you'll find that many hotels and cafes offer wireless access — sometimes it's free, other times, you'll have to buy a drink or pay a fee — while some towns have Wi-Fi hotspots scattered around highly trafficked areas. Just pay for a password, park yourself on a bench in your favorite idyllic spot — overlooking a sandy beach, on a floodlit piazza, or along a bustling people-watching boulevard — then log on and surf away.

I like to bring an iPod to listen to my favorite music and shows that I've downloaded at home. My Website, ricksteves.com, offers free audio tours of Europe's major sights plus hundreds of hours of my public-radio shows on travel.

If you're packing a digital camera, your biggest challenge will be storing photos. Buy the biggest memory card you can afford (or get two). Memory cards are available in Europe, but they're more expensive. I travel with a six-megapixel camera and a two-gigabyte memory card. Taking photos at high resolution, I can fit about 500 photos onto my memory card. Since I usually travel with a laptop, I upload my photos to my computer. Without a laptop, you could empty — or copy — your memory card as you go, by getting your images burned to a CD (European photo stores and Internet cafes charge $7 to $10 for this service).

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