Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1991

Tourism Policy and Export Promotion Act of 1991 - Amends the International Travel Act of 1961 to include as purposes of the national tourism policy: (1) to optimize the contributions of the tourism and recreation industries with respect to U.S. international competitiveness; (2) to increase U.S. export earnings from tourism and transportation services traded internationally; (3) to ensure the orderly growth and development of tourism; (4) to coordinate and encourage the development of the tourism industry in rural communities; and (5) to promote increased and more effective investment in international tourism by the States, local governments, and cooperative tourism marketing programs.

Includes as duties of the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary): (1) to encourage the development of receptive, linguistic, informational, currency exchange, meal, and package tour services required by the international market; (2) to provide export promotion services for States, local governments, and companies in the United States that sell tourism services in the international market; and (3) to advise and provide technical assistance to U.S. firms seeking to facilitate travel to and from the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe and to compile statistics on such travel.

Allows the use of appropriations for certain printing purposes.

Repeals the annual reporting requirement of the Secretary of Commerce under the International Travel Act of 1961.

Revises the membership of the Tourism Policy Council. Requires up to three Federal departments and agencies represented on such Council to detail to it for each year one staff person and associated resources.

Requires the Secretary's tourism development efforts to focus on markets which have the greatest potential for increasing travel and tourism export revenues. Describes the generic promotion program under which the Secretary may award grants to carry out proposals to develop and implement tourism development programs, including cooperative tourism marketing programs.

Requires at least two members of the Travel and Tourism Advisory Board to be representatives of the States (and at least one member to be a city representative) who are knowledgeable of tourism promotion. Revises the length of service of members on the Board. Requires the Board to send it plan to stimulate travel to the United States.

Requires the Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on: (1) acts, policies, or practices of each foreign country that constitute significant barriers to, or distortions of, U.S. travel and tourism exports; (2) an estimate of the trade-distorting impact on U.S. commerce of such acts, policies, or practices; and (3) an estimate, if feasible, on the value of additional U.S. travel and tourism exports that would have been exported to each foreign country if the acts, policies, and practices of such country did not exist.

Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on action taken to ensure that foreign tourists are not unnecessarily delayed when entering the United States.

Authorizes the Secretary to make grants to local and State cooperative tourism marketing programs. Requires the Secretary to undertake annually at least five demonstration projects in regions with underutilized tourism potential to help develop such programs in such regions.

Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress annually on the goals achieved by the United States Travel and Tourism Administration (USTTA) as part of the evaluation of such Administration.

Requires the Under Secretary of Commerce for Travel and Tourism to continue to seek the assistance of the U.S. and Foreign Commercial Service to assist the USTTA in stimulating and encouraging travel to the United States by foreign residents.

Abolishes the position of Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Tourism Marketing. Establishes a Deputy Under Secretary for Tourism Trade Development.

Establishes three regional offices of the USTTA to be based in, and responsible for, the following geographic areas: (1) Europe and Africa; (2) Asia and the Pacific Region; and (3) North America, South America, and the Caribbean region.

Limits administrative expenses of the USTTA for FY 1993 and subsequent fiscal years.

Requires a report to the Congress on a study regarding: (1) economic effects associated with the public identification and promotion of scenic travel as a tourist attraction; and (2) techniques for incorporating scenic travel into tourism development programs.

Directs the Secretary to publish monthly statistical reports on U.S. international travel receipts and payments prepared by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on activities to increase tourism opportunities for, and encourage travel by, disabled persons.

Declares that the Congress finds that increased efforts directed at the promotion of rural tourism will contribute to the economic development of rural America. Establishes the Rural Tourism Development Foundation. Authorizes the Secretary to assist the Foundation in the development and promotion of rural tourism.

Sets forth reporting requirements for the Secretary concerning: (1) the status of the efforts to improve the survey of international air travelers; and (2) the feasibility of publishing international travel receipts and payments on a monthly basis.

Requires a report to specified congressional committees on assistance to U.S. firms seeking to facilitate travel to and from the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.

Authorizes appropriations for FY 1993, 1994, and 1995.