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AFM: Middle East Buyers Shunning This Year’s Market Over Fears of Being Detained at U.S. Border Control
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With the U.S. presidential election taking place the very same day the American Film Market starts on Nov. 5, for many international buyers flocking to the event in Las Vegas it’s become an added element of curiosity and intrigue as they travel to America. But, more practically when it comes to actual travel logistics, there’s the growing fear of being profiled on arrival and spending hours being questioned by border control at the airport, something that had heightened over the past year. Paranoia about being on U.S. soil during the election also isn’t helping matters, as is the cost of travel, with there not being any direct flights between the main Gulf hub of Dubai to Las Vegas.
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