There are two parts of the fee. It's $14 which is a nominal fee that covers two years of travel to the United States. $4 recovers the cost of administrating a program and then there is a $10 fee to cover cost for the Travel Promotion Act.
Right, let's be that done. So $4 goes basically to run the program.
Yes.
I suppose one can't object too much about that except why should tourists pay for you to run your program?
And actually it turns out that 56 countries around the world do charge a fee to enter or exit their country. Sometimes it's hidden in hotel taxes. Sometimes it's included as a part of an airline fee when you buy your ticket. But for us, we are doing it so you directly know where the money is going and you are paying for
