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Show CONSUMER by Paul W. Thurston Consumers who slaved at home I his year knew whal was happeninn lot heir dollar, lin I I hose who vaeal ioned overseas had their own woes. The dollar spent overseas just didn'l e.o as far as it used to, and that old kindly geslure of foreign merchants giving It) percent off for American cash has vanished from I he face oil be eart h. Bui Americans in I he tourist tour-ist industry here have a real reason for joy. Willi t he ehanye in I he value of I lie dollar in t he inl erna! ional market, mar-ket, foreign visilors are now looking to the I'nited Slates as a baryain I rip. .America is ill I he habil of sc inline, some million til ils citizens off lo see I he world annually. Now I ravel aulhorilies report I hat Japan current ly is sending send-ing "J..") million of her citizens on foreign a cat ions--a u as-loundine, as-loundine, fa el considering I hat she has only half t he popula-I popula-I ion of I he I' nit ed St at cs. More important to I he U.K. economy is I hat Japan is now the top source of visilors lo our shores, leading every ol h cr country in 1 he world. And I hey are spending freely as I hey tour throughout the U.S. A vast aniounl of "made in USA" merchandise is finding find-ing its way into Japanese luggage lo be borne happily back lo Japan. All I his tourism tour-ism does its part in slrenglh-euing slrenglh-euing 1 he dollar, our tradinu position and the economy in Uenera I here al home. Japanese businessmen, loo. are keeping a keen eye mil for many American electronic component., which will be sent back lo Japan and incorporated in-corporated into various products prod-ucts to be marketed I here and abroad. Kvery market for American-niade materials and services is a good market . ind our Tokyo uuesls are irovid ing j 1 1 s I I hat . |