Airport arrival lines are moving one minute faster in 2012, says U.S. travel progress report
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A long delay at the border crossing for arriving passengers is the worst way to welcome both residents and visitors to your country. Although times improved ever so slightly this year, CBP should look to greater flexibility among its staff to deal with traffic surges.
The White House released a progress report on the government’s efforts to increase incoming tourism as well as improve travelers’ processing experience. It's not given an actually grade, but if it did the port of entry processing should receive a grade of B+ for its improvements so far.
International air travel volume has steadily increased since 2008, resulting in longer wait times at ports of entry; however, those times have been back down since early 2011. Several programs to expedite the process have been introduced and continue to expand, and passengers report over 85% satisfact
