good afternoon. and welcome to the tourism trade and export promotions subcommittees, our fifth hearing, the appearing on reviving travel and tourism economy, and a first legislative hearing. over the past few months members of this subcommittee and at the full commerce committee had been working together on a bipartisan package of travel and tourism bills, officially called the on the bus travel and tourism act, or as we prefer to call it, the tour bus. this comprehensive legislation would support the recovery of the travel and tourism economy in the wake of covid-19, wake of the covid-19 pandemic and help us build a a brighter future r businesses and workers in this key sector for every single state in our nation. since we held our first hearing on the state of travel and tourism industry in april of this year there have been some positive trends. just yesterday the administration announced its intentions to begin lifting travel restrictions in november for fully vaccina
good afternoon. and welcome to the tourism trade and export promotions subcommittees, our fifth hearing, the appearing on reviving travel and tourism economy, and a first legislative hearing. over the past few months members of this subcommittee and at the full commerce committee had been working together on a bipartisan package of travel and tourism bills, officially called the on the bus travel and tourism act, or as we prefer to call it, the tour bus. this comprehensive legislation would support the recovery of the travel and tourism economy in the wake of covid-19, wake of the covid-19 pandemic and help us build a a brighter future r businesses and workers in this key sector for every single state in our nation. since we held our first hearing on the state of travel and tourism industry in april of this year there have been some positive trends. just yesterday the administration announced its intentions to begin lifting travel restrictions in november for fully vaccina
good afternoon. and welcome to the tourism trade and export promotions subcommittees, our fifth hearing, the appearing on reviving travel and tourism economy, and a first legislative hearing. over the past few months members of this subcommittee and at the full commerce committee had been working together on a bipartisan package of travel and tourism bills, officially called the on the bus travel and tourism act, or as we prefer to call it, the tour bus. this comprehensive legislation would support the recovery of the travel and tourism economy in the wake of covid-19, wake of the covid-19 pandemic and help us build a a brighter future r businesses and workers in this key sector for every single state in our nation. since we held our first hearing on the state of travel and tourism industry in april of this year there have been some positive trends. just yesterday the administration announced its intentions to begin lifting travel restrictions in november for fully vaccina
good afternoon. and welcome to the tourism trade and export promotions subcommittees, our fifth hearing, the appearing on reviving travel and tourism economy, and a first legislative hearing. over the past few months members of this subcommittee and at the full commerce committee had been working together on a bipartisan package of travel and tourism bills, officially called the on the bus travel and tourism act, or as we prefer to call it, the tour bus. this comprehensive legislation would support the recovery of the travel and tourism economy in the wake of covid-19, wake of the covid-19 pandemic and help us build a a brighter future r businesses and workers in this key sector for every single state in our nation. since we held our first hearing on the state of travel and tourism industry in april of this year there have been some positive trends. just yesterday the administration announced its intentions to begin lifting travel restrictions in november for fully vaccinat
experts testified before a senate subcommittee on reviving the travel and tourism industry. witnesses talked about the travel and tourism act aimed at helping the industry recover from the pandemic. the hearing is about 90 minutes. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] good afternoon. and welcome to the tourism trade and export promotions subcommittees, our fifth hearing, the appearing on reviving travel and tourism economy, and a first legislative hearing. over the past few months members of this subcommittee and at the full commerce committee had been working together on a bipartisan package of travel and tourism bills, officially called the on the bus travel and tourism act, or as we prefer to call it, the tour bus. this comprehensive legislation would support the recovery of the travel and tourism economy in the wake of covid-19, wake of the covid-19 pandemic and help us build a a brighter future r busi