This Congress should ie encouraging tourism as a trade industry fil us. and tho existing 2 percent threshold imakes it much more difficult for Greeks and Portuguese to visit our great country. One of the problems this bill falls to take Into effect Is geography. In Greece the U.S. has two consulates. one in Athens and one In Thessaloniki. However. Greece is not a centry with easy aceths Io all its parts. The country Is spread out among many Islands. and tile famous mountains of Greece make travel difficult for mny. The United States does not make it easy to got to the consulate for a visa. Moreover. I have been in communications with the U.S.