Title 15Commerce and TradeRelease 119-73

§9804 Travel and tourism strategy

Title 15 › Chapter CHAPTER 122— - TRAVEL AND TOURISM › § 9804

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Every 10 years, the Secretary of Commerce must give Congress a 10-year tourism plan with input from advisory boards and the Secretaries of State and Homeland Security. The plan must set yearly visitor and revenue goals, list needed resources, and recommend law or rule changes.

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Title 15, §9804

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Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Secretary of Commerce, in consultation with the United States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, the Tourism Policy Council, the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Homeland Security, shall develop and submit to Congress a 10-year travel and tourism strategy, which shall include—
(1)the establishment of goals with respect to the number of annual international visitors to the United States and the annual amount of travel and tourism commerce in the United States during such 10-year period;
(2)the resources needed to achieve the goals established pursuant to paragraph (1); and
(3)recommendations for statutory or regulatory changes that would be necessary to achieve such goals.

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15 U.S.C. § 9804

Title 15Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73