Exchange Rate Bargains in the US

(Bloomberg News)

Lured by the cheap dollar, overseas travellers are slowly drifting back to the United States following a long exile that began after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Overseas visits to the U.S. jumped 10 per cent in 2007, and the trend appears to have accelerated this year as foreigners hunt for bargains in New York, Boston and elsewhere.