1. Short title This Act may be cited as the United States-Mexico Tourism Improvement Act of 2019 . 2. Findings Congress finds the following: (1) The United States and Mexico have benefitted economically from a bilateral, mutually beneficial partnership focused on enhancing the tourism industry in both countries. (2) In 2016, Mexican tourism to the United States peaked at 18,990,585 visitors, constituting 1 in 4 (24.9 percent) of all tourists that year. (3) Additionally, in 2016, spending by Mexican tourists in the United States totaled $20.3 billion, which represented a 3 percent growth from 2015. (4) Tourist activity to the United States from Mexico has declined since 2016, which is in contrast to an overall international tourism industry increase in the United States. (5) In 2017, international tourist arrivals totaled 76,900,000, up 0.7 percent from 76,400,000 in 2016. (6) The same year, 77,000,000 international visitors spent a record $251.4 billion on hotels, travel, food, and souvenirs, a 2-percent increase over 2016. (7) However, also in 2017, there was a 6.1-percent decline in visitors to the United States from Mexico, comprising a loss of 1,166,585 Mexican tourists from 2016. (8) The Department of Commerce has not yet released 2017 spending totals by Mexican tourists in the United States, but a corresponding monetary decline would be approximately $1.24 billion in lost revenue. (9) This is a critical economic trend given that Mexico is the biggest source of international visitors to the United States after Canada. 3. Statement of policy It is the policy of the United States— (1) to continue deepening bilateral tourism through governmental cooperation between the United States and Mexico; (2) to improve third-party tourism to the United States and Mexico through joint international promotional efforts