Saturday, August 25, 2007

Disney's Lobbyists Win Visa Victory

It looks like a Disney-pushed measure to include more countries in the visa-waiver program might be signed into law.

Under the new law, more countries could qualify to send tourists to the United States without visas for up to 90 days. Only 27 nations can do that now, but tourism officials hope others will be added if required security improvements are made.

"The easier we make it to travel to Orlando, the better," said Danielle Courtenay, who does global publicity for the Orlando/Orange County Convention & Visitors Bureau. The group has targeted Brazil and Argentina as two countries where it wants to expand tourism.


Oh great! We're going to have more Brazilian high school kids at the park!

:)

This certainly is quite a change in policy, considering that just a year ago, there was talk of reducing or even eliminating the visa-waiver program after several UK citizens were involved in highly-publicized terrorist acts. Signing this into law would certainly open up a large portion of the world that could potentially be more inclined to visit Orlando/WDW.

Zz.

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