President Obama has garnered the applause of the travel industry today because of a speech he made at Disneyworld. He has launched an initiative in coordination with Brand USA that will focus on creating new jobs at national parks, monuments, historic sites, wildlife preserves and cultural sites all over the United States. Las Vegas was especially happy with the president's speech as the city has faced increasing competition, and dwindling visitors (thus dwindling revenue) from cities like Hong Kong and Macau.
The initiative will focus on Brazilian and Chinese travelers. President Obama made his speech in conjunction with Mulan, the Disney Chinese princess. It was quite verbose and sing-songy in delivery, though not as a excellent of work as President Obama gave in redoing Lady Gaga's "born this way". This boon will hopefully help places like Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York and Washington DC, perennial hotspots for international travelers. But people in Hammond, Indiana at the John Dillinger Museum, Dillon, South Carolina at the South of The Border place, and folks in Great Falls, Montana are hoping that the international travelers will look to them to see a slice of Americana. Realistically though, not much will come of this other than some grandstanding from Las Vegas convention centers. Maybe the Star Trek and Star Wars geeks will get some international flavor at Comic Con 2012.
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