Disney theme park executives among complainers of current US tourism issues
Some U.S. travel executives — including those who run Disneyland and Walt Disney World — think the government needs to do more to improve the country\'s image with foreign tourists who increasingly are choosing other places for their vacations.
Tourism officials ascribe the decline partly to anti-Americanism that arose after the country launched military action in Afghanistan and Iraq and to the “hassle factor” associated with new visa application and airport security procedures.
Aggressive campaigns by other countries to lure tourists have had an impact, too.
“It’s more than just an image decline,” said Jay Rasulo, president of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts, a Lake Buena Vista, Fla.-based unit of The Walt Disney Co. “I think other countries are out there competing for tourists and we have not been.”
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