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among other uniquely American destinations, as lo-
cations for hosting international meetings, incen-
tives, conferences, and exhibitions in the United 
States; and 
(3) facilitating sports and recreation events and 
activities, which shall be hosted in the United 
States. 
(e) RECOVERY STRATEGY.— 
(1) INITIAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.—Not later 
than 1 year after amounts are appropriated to ac-
complish the purposes of this section, the Assistant 
Secretary, in consultation with public and private 
stakeholders identified in subsection (a)(3) and pub-
lic health officials, shall develop and implement a 
COVID–19 public health emergency recovery strat-
egy to assist the United States travel and tourism 
industry to quickly recover from the pandemic. 
(2) FUTURE
RECOVERY
STRATEGIES.—After 
assisting in the implementation of the strategy de-
veloped pursuant to paragraph (1), the Assistant 
Secretary, in consultation with appropriate public 
and private stakeholders, shall develop additional re-
covery strategies for the travel and tourism industry 
in anticipation of other unforeseen catastrophic 
events that would significantly affect the travel and 
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tourism industry, such as hurricanes, floods, 
tsunamis, 
tornadoes, 
terrorist 
attacks, 
and 
pandemics. 
(3) COST-BENEFIT
ANALYSIS.—In developing 
the COVID–19 public health emergency recovery 
strategy under paragraph (1) and additional recov-
ery strategies for the travel and tourism industry 
under paragraph (2), the Assistant Secretary shall 
conduct cost-benefit analyses that take into account 
the health and economic effects of public health 
mitigation measures on the travel and tourism in-
dustry. 
(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) ASSISTANT
SECRETARY.—The Assistant 
Secretary shall produce an annual forecasting report 
on the travel and tourism industry, to the extent 
feasible, which shall include current and antici-
pated— 
(A) domestic employment needs; 
(B) international inbound volume and 
spending, taking into account the lasting effects 
of the COVID–19 public health emergency and 
the impact of the recovery strategy implemented 
pursuant to subsection (e)(1); and 
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(C) domestic volume and spending, includ-
ing Federal and State public land travel and 
tourism data. 
(2) BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS.—The Di-
rector of the Bureau of Economic Analysis should 
annually update, to the extent feasible, the Travel 
and Tourism Satellite Accounts, including— 
(A) State level travel and tourism spending 
data; 
(B) travel and tourism workforce data for 
full-time and part-time employment; and 
(C) Federal and State public lands outdoor 
recreational activity and tourism spending data. 
(3) NATIONAL
TRAVEL
AND
TOURISM
OF-
FICE.—The Director of the National Travel and 
Tourism Office— 
(A) in partnership with the Bureau of Eco-
nomic Analysis and other relevant Federal 
agencies, shall report international arrival and 
spending data on a regular monthly schedule, 
which shall be made available to the Travel and 
Tourism Advisory Board and to the public 
through a publicly available website; and 
(B) shall include questions in the Survey 
of International Air Travelers regarding wait- 
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