(E) the United States Travel and Tourism 
Advisory Board; and 
(F) travel industry partners, including 
public and private destination marketing orga-
nizations, travel and tourism suppliers, and gig 
economy representatives from these industries; 
(4) establish short, medium, and long-term 
timelines for implementing the recommendations de-
veloped pursuant to paragraph (2); 
(5) conduct Federal agency needs assessments, 
in consultation with the Office of Management and 
Budget, to identify the resources, statutory or regu-
latory changes, and private sector engagement need-
ed to achieve the annual commerce goals; and 
(6) provide assessments and recommendations 
to— 
(A) the Committee on Commerce, Science, 
and Transportation of the Senate; 
(B) the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce of the House of Representatives; and 
(C) the public through a publicly accessible 
website. 
(b) DOMESTIC TRAVEL AND TOURISM.—The Sec-
retary, to the extent feasible, shall— 
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(1) develop recommendations and goals to sup-
port and enhance domestic tourism, separated by 
business and leisure; and 
(2) engage public and private stakeholders to 
support domestic tourism. 
(c) WORKFORCE.—The Secretary shall— 
(1) consult with the Secretary of Labor to de-
velop strategies and best practices for improving the 
timeliness and reliability of travel and tourism work-
force data; 
(2) consult with the Secretary of Labor and the 
Bureau of Economic Analysis to improve travel and 
tourism industry data; 
(3) provide recommendations for policy en-
hancements and efficiencies; and 
(4) provide recommendations for policy to sup-
port and grow the gig economy as it relates to travel 
and tourism. 
(d) RECOVERY STRATEGY.— 
(1) INITIAL RECOVERY STRATEGY.—Not later 
than 1 year after amounts are appropriated to ac-
complish the purposes of this section, the Secretary, 
in consultation with public and private stakeholders 
identified in subsection (a)(3) and public health offi-
cials, shall develop and implement a COVID–19 
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public health emergency recovery strategy 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 Secretary, in 
consultation with appropriate public and private 
stakeholders, shall develop additional recovery strat-
egies, including but not limited to a public-private 
partnership, for the travel and tourism industry in 
anticipation of other unforeseen catastrophic events 
that would significantly affect the travel and tourism 
industry, such as hurricanes, floods, tsunamis, tor-
nadoes, 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 Secretary shall conduct 
cost-benefit analyses that take into account the 
health and economic effects of public health mitiga-
tion measures on the travel and tourism industry. 
(e) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) FORECASTING
REPORT.—The Secretary 
shall produce an annual forecasting report on the 
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travel and tourism industry, to the extent feasible, 
which shall include current and anticipated inter-
national 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 (d)(1). 
(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 State level 
travel 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, shall report international ar-
rival 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- 
times, visits to public lands, and State data, to 
the extent applicable. 
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SEC. 3. TRAVEL AND TOURISM STRATEGY. 
Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Sec-
retary of Commerce, in consultation with the United 
States Travel and Tourism Advisory Board, and the Tour-
ism Policy Council, shall develop and submit to Congress 
a 10-year travel and tourism strategy, which shall in-
clude— 
(1) the establishment of goals with respect to 
the number of annual international visitors to the 
United States and the annual value of travel and 
tourism commerce during such 10-year period; 
(2) the resources needed to achieve the goals es-
tablished pursuant to paragraph (1); and 
(3) recommendations for statutory or regulatory 
changes that would be necessary to achieve such 
goals. 
SEC. 4. UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM ADVISORY 
BOARD. 
Section 3 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to encourage 
travel in the United States, and for other purposes’’ (15 
U.S.C. 1546) is amended— 
(1) by amending the section heading to read as 
follows: ‘‘UNITED STATES TRAVEL AND TOURISM 
ADVISORY
BOARD; 
ADVISORY
COMMITTEE’’; 
and 
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