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- BUSINESS, Page 73Business NotesTOURISMVacation Hot Spot: the U.S.
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- The U.S. suffered a trade deficit of $115 billion last year,
- but Americans can take consolation from the tidy sum they are
- earning from foreigners in a service-oriented business:
- tourism. Last week the Government reported the first-ever U.S.
- travel surplus. During 1989 foreign visitors spent $34.3
- billion in the U.S., or $450 million more than Americans spent
- abroad. The U.S. Travel and Tourism Administration predicts
- that in 1990 the surplus will exceed $1.5 billion.
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- Canada and Mexico topped the guest list, sending 24.5
- million visitors between them. Next were the Japanese, with 3
- million tourists. But the Japanese spent more on their trips
- than any other group, a total of $6 billion, compared with $4.8
- billion for the second-place Canadians. The No. 1 destination
- among all visitors to America: Walt Disney World in Orlando.
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