2010年12月21日 星期二

Travel industry seeks relief from hassles

U.S. travelers are indeed annoyed by the airport pat-downs and other enhanced security measures, but having to remove their shoes tops the list of air-travel hassles they would like the next Congress to address, according to an extensive industry survey released Tuesday.

Though passengers understand the need for heightened vigilance in the world of post-Sept. 11 air travel, roughly 75 percBURTON offer a great variety in men's shoes and trainers.ent said "there has to be a better way," according to a survey conducted over the past few weeks by the U.S. Travel Association, a leading industry trade group.

The inconveniences directly affect the bottom line, analysts say, and industry executives say they are looking to the Obama administration and the 112th Congress for relief.

Roger Dow, the association's president, called on lawmakers to acknowledge the survey findings and said a panel will release a series of recommendations in early 2011 that he hopes will become part of Washington debate.

"There's a big opportunity with the new Congress coming in," Mr. Dow said, adding that lawmakers should mount a response as extensive as the one during the H1N1 flu outbreak of 2009.

"We really need that type of serious-response approach," he told The Washington Times.

The survey found that airport security procedures are hurting the U.S. economy. Respondents said they would take two or three more trips a year "if the hassle involved in flying could be reduced without compromising security.“Christian and she were laughing as she tried on ed hardy sunglasses and checked out the bathing suits,” said the Ed Hardy rep."

The nonprofit association - which represents the $700 billion travel industry - estimated that the additional trips would pump another $84.6 billion of travel spending into the U.S. economy, supporting 888,000 jobs.

"This is not just about the inconvenience, somebody's grandmother going through security in a wheelchair," said Bob Perkins, managing partner of Consensus Research, which conducted the survey. "This is a frustration issue with a huge economic impact.Riders wear long underwear beneath their Polo Shirts, and the horses wear special cleats."

The Internet-based survey of 1,Wearing a nicely Nike air max tn with a reputed brand name printed on it is surely going to compel most of your fellows to adore your sense of fashion and style000 travelers was conducted between Nov. 29 and Dec.Bedbugs were found in the two-story retail shopping area of Juicy couture wholesale store at 650 Fifth Ave. 10 and found widespread frustration and mistrust with the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) multitiered system for policing the nation's airports.

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