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made tourism important not only to our leisure, but to our work. Roughly seven percent of the American labor force is employed by the tourism industry, either directly or indirectly. That’s more people than are employed in mining, construction, agriculture, utilities; finance, insurance or real estate.
Travel is now the second largest retail industry and second largest private employer in the United States. In 1983, the industry generated nearly $200 billion in receipts and $20 billion in federal, state and local tax revenues. The industry directly employs 4.5 million Americans at every level or skill and indirectly provides another 2.2 million supporting jobs. Additionally, 99' percent of the one-half mil-' lion businesses serving the traveler are classified by the government as small businesses.
In terms of international trade, international visitors to the United States in 1982 spent over $11 billion, gen
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