[Tijeras_Slim]

Just open up the country for Safaris in these areas.

[austinaero]

Well,,,DUH!

Was there much tourism left after Chirac's charade in the UN?

[clee1]

Sounds like a wonderful vacation spot to me.... if I can bring my guns.

[mainepatsfan]

They're just now realizing this?!

[anton]

Armored rental cars.

[anton]

Armored rental cars.

[robertpaulsen]

"Fear is growing among French restaurant owners ... that violence in poor suburbs of Paris and major cities will damage France's image and keep foreigners away from the world's top travel destination."

Hell, I thought French waiters were already doing a pretty good job of keeping American tourists away.

[ABG(anybody but Gore)]

France's tourism minister said the riots could become a problem for France's reputation if they lasted.

Right now, I'd say that the Islamofascist riots hurting tourism should be the least of France's worries.

[SMARTY]

"Fear is growing among French restaurant owners and shopkeepers that violence in poor suburbs of Paris and major cities will damage France's image..."

Huh?? The only people who still go there are the people who agree with France's image.... the same image that is at the bottom of France's current discord. No problem.

Now if the French EVER want to see bigger tourist dollars, they will need an extreme make over, head to toe and inside out.

[Taggart_D]

Fear is growing among French restaurant owners and shopkeepers

Who cares...they're nothing but a bunch of greedy capitalist! Those poor troubled youths need better healthcare and better unemployment benefits.

[freedomlover]

The riots started when two teenagers were accidentally electrocuted while apparently fleeing police in a Paris suburb and has since spread to other French cities.

Y'know - I've always wondered if this was due to serial or parallel flow. No reason just curious.

[roylene]

I just wonder when the French are going to surrender, it took only three weeks surrender to the nazi's.

[WyCoKsRepublican]

Only one thing the can do, sound the bugle....RETREAT!

[B.O. Plenty]

It has been reported that the "riots" are "well organized". If this is true, would it not be expected that destruction of what's left of the French economy would be one of the goals of whatever lunitic islamic organization that's behind the violence?

It is likely to work...the French will surrender and pander to a bunch of 6th century tribesmen....

viv a la Frankistan.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

"It's really worrying. The tourists will stay away," said John Diaz, polishing miniature models of the Eiffel Tower in his souvenir shop next to Notre Dame Cathedral.

This just struck me. Sort of sums the whole thing up.

[maggief]

Help is on the way!



French President Jacques Chirac, left, greets U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan upon his arrival at the Elysee Palace in Paris, Monday, Nov. 7, 2005. Chirac met Kofi Annan in Paris on Monday before the U.N. chief heads to the Middle East and North Africa, in a tour that was to include a visit to Iran, but Annan revised his itinerary in response to increasing tension over Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's call for Israel to be 'wiped off the map'. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon)

[ark_girl]

I guess I'm not up on my French history....how did these people go from being a world power to a group of idiots? They have refused to defend themselves for 100 years (give or take). They built their economy such that it needs exports and tourism, but they've steadily insulted the people they were trying to sell their stuff too. Now, it's just now dawning on them that, since their country is no longer safe BECAUSE they've refused to defend themselves AGAIN, that this is a problem???

Are they still putting lead in the pipes over there or something?

[daybreakcoming]

"The situation is not alarming. The places that have been affected at night are not normally frequented by tourists. No tourist has had any difficulties yet," he said. "France remains a safe destination in terms of tourism, despite everything."

LOL That Baghdad Bob is everywhere these days.

[FreePaul]

Baghdad or Kabul may be better vacation choices than Paris or other French cities this season. But then I never thought much of Paris in it's better days.

[SevenofNine]

France still have tourism industry DAMNNN????

I thought everybody quit France after oppostion on war On Iraq I know my aunt did LOL!