本刊讯美国政府5月10日宣布推出一项旨在促进旅游业发展的国家战略,目标是到2021年实现来美旅游国际游客数量增长至一亿人次以上,以增加国内就业和刺激经济增长。预计这些游客在美国的消费将达2500亿美元。根据白宫发布的数据显示,2011年,美国旅游业产值达1.2万亿美元,支持了760万个就业岗位,其中国际游客在旅游及其相关产业上的消费达到了创纪录的1530亿美元。数据也明显表明,旅游产业是美国 The U.S. government announced on May 10 a national strategy to promote tourism development with the goal of increasing the number of international tourists coming to the United States to more than 100 million by 2021 in order to increase domestic employment and stimulate economic growth . The tourists are expected to spend 250 billion U.S. dollars in the United States. According to data released by the White House, in 2011, U.S. tourism output reached 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars, supporting 7.6 million jobs. Among them, international tourists reached a record high of 153 billion U.S. dollars in tourism and related industries. The data also make it clear that the tourism industry is the United States