Here’s a puzzler:

U.S. lawmakers know that foreign tourism has been tanking since 9/11. Now they’ve come up with an idea – legislation, actually – to lure them back. One thing it would do is create a “Corporation for Travel Promotion” that would boost America as an ideal travel destination, as well as better explain the nation’s entry regulations.

But, in a stupefying display of absurdity, the corporation would be funded in part by a $10 fee collected from – yes – foreign tourists!

Believe me, I’m all for promoting America to tourists around the world, but – isn’t it possible this fee will make that just a little harder to do?

What would you do to lure more tourists here? Let’s get creative.