Florida Could Take Tourism Money to Pay for Tax Refunds – Newsweek
Florida could divert tax revenues, normally used for tourism marketing, to tax refunds, as part of a bill that passes through the state legislature. Why is it important? Florida County is currently collecting taxes on hotels, known as the Tourism Development Tax. Currently, at least 40% of this tax must be spent on tourism marketing. […]
Idiotic GOP Congressman Visits Ukraine For Some ‘Combat Tourism,’ Fires At Russian Targets
If you’ve never heard of it, Pennsylvania Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick is a really tough guy. A relatively unknown Republican lawmaker recently visited Ukraine for some combat tourism, signed it, and fired weapons with Russian targets. As a representative of the US, firing a shell with Russkies seems like a rather reckless move. That way you […]
NYC tourism poised to tank as tariffs, stock market rattle travelers
According to data reviewed by industry experts and post offices, Big Apple tourism is at risk of tanking as travelers surprise the stock market and plagued by rising geopolitical tensions. Hospitality executives say it’s too early to make a call, but it’s increasingly dominant as hotel bookings have declined recently, with foot traffic and ticket […]
Birth Tourism Beats Trump’s ‘Gold Card’
President Donald Trump hopes the government will sell citizenship for $5 million via a “gold card,” but the LAX border law allows businesses to sell citizenship directly to their pockets for thousands of dollars at birth. In Florida, an immigrant Brazilian doctor named Vladimir Lorenz I said Washington Post He helped provide 2,500 infants and […]
New Zealand’s ‘Everyone must go!’ tourism campaign ridiculed as emigration hits record high | New Zealand
New Zealand's tourism campaign targeting Australian visitors sounds like a clearance sales slogan, with widespread reductions in public service jobs and deafness among the number of records of New Zealanders moving abroad. I'm being ridiculed. The government has launched “Everyone has to go!” Sunday's campaign will bid to encourage Australian holiday makers to visit New […]
Birth Tourism Is ‘Some Extreme Example’ Not Worth Changing Constitution Over
On HBO's “Real Time” broadcast Friday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said that citing people involved in birth tourism to abuse birthright citizenship provisions is enough to change the Constitution. He argued that he was only citing “an extreme example” that was worthless. . Kanna said.[W]We intend to represent America's fundamental values. If you were born […]
America’s ‘tourism industry’ is over as Trump ENDS birthright citizenship
A man of his words, President Donald Trump has wasted no time addressing America's immigration crisis. Trump has argued that no other country in the world has citizenship requirements as lenient as the United States, but Democratic critics hope the Supreme Court will overturn the order. “We are, you know, the only country in the […]
It’s ‘a Hateful Fantasy’ that People Engage in Birth Tourism to Exploit Birthright Citizenship
On CNN's “Laura Coates Live” on Tuesday, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong (D) said it was a “hateful act” for people to abuse their birthright citizenship by participating in birth tours. He claimed that it was a fantasy. The Justice Department under the Biden administration has acknowledged its existence and has secured convictions and guilty […]
Popular travel destination Japan sees record-high tourism topping 33M visitors
Domestic and international tourists are visiting Japan, and as a result, the country is breaking new tourism records. According to the Japanese government website, nearly 33.4 million tourists are expected to have visited Japan from January 1st to November 30th. Of the 3 million tourists who visited Japan this November, 247,500 were Americans. According to […]
California birth tourism operator gets three years in prison
A Southern California man has been charged with running a “birth tourism” scheme in which wealthy pregnant Chinese women paid thousands of dollars to travel to the United States and give birth, allowing their infants to obtain U.S. citizenship, authorities said. He was sentenced to more than three years in prison. said Monday. A federal […]