Fragmented politics of US tourism

Tourism politics in the USA can only be understood by examining it in the context of federalism. Each governmental level has its own tourism dynamics, interests, and problems. By examining the evolution and structure of tourism in the USA, one can understand why city and state governments are increasingly involved and why the national government fails to accord more scarce resources to national tourism efforts. Through the use of questionnaires and interview data, it becomes clear, however, that in the process of continuing tourism politics as usual, the national and even local public interest may be sadly neglected.