At $100, visa application is still a bargain
Regarding “Coming to America? Visitors, Ante Up” (On a Budget, July 6): Only $100 for a nonimmigrant visa application? Why so little? The value of such an opportunity should be 10 times that number. One hundred dollars today has little value compared with the days when Arthur Frommer began his writing career. Dinner in a nice restaurant alone can exceed that figure.
America has traditionally been a xenophobic nation. Why must the United States establish tourism offices when we have Hollywood studios, satellite television and a God-blessed nation that virtually the entire world envies?
Charles Nichols
Los Angeles
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