美国商务部7月13日报告说，外国游客继续踊跃前来美国；报告指出，美国旅行和旅游业出现了连续29个月的增长。

美国商务部7月13日报告说，外国游客继续踊跃前来美国；报告指出，美国旅行和旅游业出现了连续29个月的增长。

上图显示，德国游客在加利福尼亚州索萨利托（Sausalito）以金门桥（Golden Gate Bridge）和旧金山天际线为背景拍照。

美国商务部代理部长丽贝卡·布兰克（Rebecca Blank）说：“旅游业继续是我国经济中的一个高速增长的亮点，我们有望在今年再创纪录。”她并指出，欧巴马政府“将继续尽一切努力，让来访者在美国感到更受欢迎。”

作为促进来美旅行和旅游的行动计划的一项内容，欧巴马总统在今年1月建立起一个旅游与竞争特别工作组（Task Force for Travel and Competitiveness），以进一步推动当前的增长势头。政府最近发布了国家旅游旅行战略(National Tourism and Travel Strategy)，——这是美国力争在2021年年底前达到每年接待1亿名外国访客目标的蓝图。

如要了解有关更多有关美国为促进国际旅行和旅游而正在作出的努力的信息，请访问美国旅游旅行业办公室（U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries）网站。

International tourists continue to flock to the United States, the U.S. Commerce Department reports, noting 29 consecutive months of growth in the U.S. travel and tourism sector.

International tourists continue to flock to the United States, the U.S. Commerce Department reported July 13, noting 29 consecutive months of growth in the U.S. travel and tourism sector.

Here, German tourists take pictures in Sausalito, California, with the Golden Gate Bridge and the San Francisco skyline in the background.

“Tourism remains a high-growth bright spot in our economy, and we’re on pace for yet another record year,” said Acting U.S. Commerce Secretary Rebecca Blank, adding that the Obama administration “will continue doing everything possible to make the U.S. even more welcoming to visitors.”

As part of initiatives to increase travel and tourism in the United States, President Obama in January created a Task Force for Travel and Competitiveness to build on the current momentum. The administration also recently released the National Travel and Tourism Strategy, which is a blueprint for the United States to welcome 100 million international visitors each year by the end of 2021.

To learn more about ongoing U.S. efforts to promote international travel and tourism, visit the U.S. Office of Travel and Tourism Industries website.