United States Travel Service

The U.S. Travel Service was created by the United States Secretary of Commerce on July 1, 1961 pursuant to the International Travel Act of 1961 (75 Stat. 129; 22 U.S.C. 2121 note)[1] after President John F. Kennedy signed Senate Bill 610 on June 29, 1961.[2] It was created to address a deficit in tourism in the United States.[3]

In 1981, it was replaced by the creation of the United States Travel and Tourism Administration.[3]

Notable employees

References

  1. ↑ "United States Travel and Tourism Administration (1961-1996)". Department of Commerce Digitization Repository Project. Pennsylvania State University. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bill signing – S-610 Act establishing the US Travel Service, 12:15PM". John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  3. 1 2 Kerr, William Revill (2003). Tourism Public Policy, and the Strategic Management of Failure. Routledge. p. 78. ISBN 978-0080442006. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  4. ↑ "Gail Godwin Papers, 1913-2008". Southern Historical Collection. Louis Round Wilson Library. Retrieved 20 November 2014.
  • "S.Res 347 ~ National Tourism Policy Study of 1974". Congress.gov. June 24, 1974.
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