re: "No Sh*t? US State Dept. Issues Travel Warning to .... Pakistan"

Rusty Shackleford at The Jawa Report ("Jawas? You know, sandpeople.") re-posted the entire Travel Warning, but asks:

"(W)hat I really think is on all our minds is this question: What kind of idiot takes a vacation to Pakistan, anyway?" (Bold typeface added for emphasis. - CAA.)

Just to be clear, can you imagine the kerfuffle if State didn't issue a Travel Warning for Pakistan?

LAT - Relaxed U.S. visa rules could bring surge in tourism

From my archive of press clippings:

Los Angeles Times

Relaxed U.S. visa rules could bring surge in tourism

The new regulations, which will allow visitors from South Korea and some Eastern European countries to enter the U.S. without a visa, are a potential godsend for New Global Travel Service in Koreatown. California could be poised to see a big influx of South Korean visitors.

By David Pierson

October 31, 2008

Jong Min Kang's South Korean relatives are exactly the kind of travelers American hospitality and retail businesses are yearning for during this time of financial despair -- free-spending foreigners on vacation.

Read the whole article here.

Snippet(s):

"Members of his large family -- there are 70 cousins altogether -- have vacationed in Australia, Cambodia and China. But they've never come to the United States because they dreaded the long lines, interminable waits and nosy interviews required to get a visa."