[lelio]

The United States is the only major industrialized nation in the world whose government doesn't directly spend money on marketing tourism abroad.
Maybe that's because we don't need it. If you're going to spend money to travel abroad you probably a) know that the US exists, and b) know where you want to go.
It wouldn't surprise me if the state's tourism boards are pushing this through to get hand out for their advertising budgets.

[lodwick]

bttt - we don't need it!