[单项选择] "Welcome to the U. S. A.! Major Credit cards accepted!" By the millions they are coming -- no longer the tired, the poor, the wretched masses longing for a better living. These are the wealthy. "We don’’t have a budget, "says a biologist from Brazil, as she walks with two companions through New York City’’s South Street. "We just use our credit cards." The U.S. has long been one of the world’’s most popular tourist destinations, but this year has been exceptional. First there was the World Cup, which drew thousands from every comer of the globe; then came the weakening of the U.S. dollar against major currencies. NOW the U. S. , still the world’’s superpower, can also claim to be the world’’s bargain basement (廉价商品部). Nobody undersells America these days on just about everything, from consumer electronics to fashion clothes to tennis rackets. Bottom retail prices -- anywhere from 30% to 70% lower than those in Europe and Asia -- have attracted some 47 million visitors, wh
A. it saw an unusually large number of tourists to the U.S.
B. it witnessed a drop in the number of tourists to the U. S.
C. tourism was hardly affected by the weakening of the U.S. dollar that year
D. tourists came to the U.S. for sightseeing rather than for bargains that year