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Those with tourism jobs in the City of Fort Lauderdale Florida recently received some good news.

The travel industry throughout the United States has taken a big hit since the current economic recession began in December 2007, losing 400,000 jobs during the last two years. However, a new report found that the industry can expect to see an increase in employment next year.

A recent report from the U.S. Travel Association found that increases in leisure, business and international inbound travel will create 90,000 new jobs during 2010.

"Our industry is uniquely capable of adapting to economic upswings and quickly adding tens of thousands of jobs," USTA Chief Executive Roger Dow said.

The association expects leisure travel to increase by 2 percent, business travel to increase by 2.5 percent and international travel to the United States to increase by 3 percent.

Even though international travel to the United States is projected to increase by 3 percent, that number falls to 1 percent when Canada and Mexico are excluded. Unfortunately, tourists from overseas who travel to the U.S. spend considerably more than those from Mexico and Canada.

In addition, the USTA is working to pass the Travel Promotion Act, which would establish a nonprofit organization to promote U.S. tourism abroad. The association also is lobbying for improvements to the visa entry process.

This could all be welcome news for South Florida's tourism industry, which has continued to see a decrease in employment amid the troubled economy.

The Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach area's leisure and hospitality industry employed 77,500 workers during September, according to the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 78,900 workers during August and a 2.1 percent decrease from last year.

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