Politics could affect ability to attract international visitors
By Richard N. Velotta, Las Vegas Review-Journal
RENO — The winner of November’s presidential election could determine just how successful Nevada and the United States will be in attracting international visitors.
Will our policies be warm, welcoming and inviting, thus encouraging repeat visits and word-of-mouth endorsements? Or will they be closed, with administrators suspicious of those buying plane tickets to visit the American Southwest?
A panel of tourism experts fielded questions about that last week at the Nevada Governor’s Global Tourism Summit at Reno’s Grand Sierra Resort.
Lt. Gov. Mark Hutchison, who chairs the Nevada Commission on Tourism, moderated the panel, which made it clear that the outcome of the Nov. 8 election could have a far greater impact on Nevadans’ day-to-day lives and their jobs than they may have anticipated.