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Nearly every other country has a tourism minister or tourism secretary. In a halfway fix, the U.S. Congress passed funding bills Friday that included money to hire an assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism.
The U.S. Senate passed key government funding bills Friday evening — with one that included "up to $3.5 million of funding for the office of the assistant secretary of commerce for travel and tourism.
President Joe Biden signed the legislation Saturday, setting up the Commerce Department to fill the role.
Congress created the assistant secretary position in 2022 with the aspiration of ensu