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To: mishedlo who wrote (74932)12/6/2006 7:36:09 PM
From: regli  Respond to of 110194
 
"On a national scale foreign tourist spending is not important compared to spending by US citizens. ..."

Here are some figures from the Census Bureau:

International Travelers and Expenditures

In Billions

census.gov

1999 94.586
2000 103.087
2001 89.819
2002 83.593
2003 80.652
2004 93.707