WARREN G. MAGNUSON, Washington JAMES B. PEARSON, Kansas BARRY GOLDWATER, Arizona BOB PACKWOOD, Oregon HARRISON H. SCHMITT, New Mexico AUBREY L. SARVIS, Staff Director and Chief Counsel JOHN D. HARDY, Merchant Marine and Tourism Counsel CONTENTS Page Opening statement by the Chairman_-__- Opening statement by Senator Inouye_-_. Benefield, Richard A., general manager, Magee Hotel, Bloomsburg, Pa---. Horrocks, J. N. "Mike," Jr., director, Public Citizen Visitors Center_ James, Howard P., chairman, president, and chief executive officer, The Lee, Wallace W., Jr., group vice president, Howard Johnson Co--- Lennon, Thomas J., president, The Homestead, Hot Springs, Va--- Porter, Hon. Elsa A., Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department Meyer, C. E., Jr., president and chief airline executive, Trans World O'Neill, Hon. Thomas P., III, Lieutenant Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and chairman, National Association of Lieutenant Papone, Aldo, president, travel division, American Express Co.; accom- panied by Harry L. Freeman, senior vice president; and Kevin Paken- 107 Sullivan, Robert J., chairman of the board, International Association of 74 Opening statement by Senator Inouye__ Anderson, Thomas L.. Travel Arrangements, Inc., Honolulu, Hawaii.... Blanton, Hon. Ray, Governor, State of Tennessee; accompanied by Bud Thor, staff director, Subcommittee on Foreign Trade and Tourism, Na- tional Governors Association____ De Lorenzi, John, managing director, International and Corporate Policy, Hennessy, Edward J., Cartan Travel Bureau, Inc., Rolling Meadows, Ill_. Host, W. James, executive vice president, National Tour Brokers Associa- Hummel Don, chairman, Conference of National Park Concessioners-- Hunter, Alexander P., chairman, National Council of State Government Keesling, Thomas M., Travel Associates, Inc., Englewood, Colo., on behalf Latting, Hon. Patience, mayor, Oklahoma City, Okla., member, U.S. Con- 165 167 165 128 Lewis, Arthur D., president, American Bus Association__-. 156 Prepared statement_-_. 158 Toohey, William D., president, Discover America Travel Organizations, Williams, E. L., president, National Campground Owners Association---- ADDITIONAL ARTICLES, LETTERS, AND STATEMENTS Blundred, Robert H., International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, letter of October 23, 1978__ Damman, James J., Lieutenant Governor, State of Michigan, statement__ Inouye, Hon. Daniel K., U.S. Senator from Hawaii, letter of October 5, 1978_ Rovelstad, James M., professor of marketing and director of travel and tourism research, West Virginia University, statement_- Sneed, Sidney, Acting Secretary of Commerce, Department of Commerce, Toohey, William D., president, Discover America Travel Organizations, 49 23 185 49 NATIONAL TOURISM POLICY STUDY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1978 U.S. SENATE, COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE, SCIENCE, AND TRANSPORTATION, Washington, D.C. The committee met at 2:05 p.m. in room 235, Russell Senate Office Building, Hon. Daniel Inouye presiding. OPENING STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN The CHAIRMAN [presiding]. The hearing will come to order. Senator Inouye will be joining me. He's on his way from the same meeting I was attending, so I will get the meeting underway and he will be here very shortly. The travel industry contributes about $115 billion annually to the economy of the United States and supports approximately 5 million jobs. From the consumers' standpoint, there has been a threefold increase in tourism in the United States since the end of World War II. In 1972, for example, according to the Bureau of the Census, Americans made nearly 460 million person-trips at least 100 miles away from home, an average of 2.3 trips per man, woman, and child. And it has been estimated that 97 percent of our public recreation lands are utilized almost entirely by tourists. Clearly, an activity which was once the privilege of a few, has been brought within the reach of the great majority of Americans. Herman Kahn of the Hudson Institute predicts that "by the end of this century tourism will be one of the largest industries in the world, if not the largest." Not surprisingly, therefore, the current effects of tourism on general economic conditions recently prompted this comment from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Government measures in the field of tourism supply and demand, regulations, social measures and public funding are all increasingly the subject of consultations with regional and local authorities, trade associations and consumer groups. The decisions taken can therefore be integrated more effectively into the *** regional plans for economic and social development ** For its part, our Federal Government significantly affects the travel industry and the traveling public. Over 100 programs administered by some 50 separate agencies now adopt policies and administer programs which directly or indirectly impact travel and tourism. To date, however, no legislation has been enacted which provides these agencies with the necessary policy guidance to assure that their programs are consistent with public policy principles such as full employment, equitable taxation, economic growth, energy conserva (1) |