Disaster for tourism as US visitors shun Paris

The Daily Telegraph ^ | 01/08/2003 | Henry Samuel

[ijcr]

To add to the tourist trade's woes, even the French are staying at home.

That says it all.

[Pharmboy]

As Austin Powers says: "Boo freakin' hoo."

[Pharmboy]

I stand corrected by my middle daughter. It was Dr. Evil, and it was "Boo frickity hoo."

[LibertyThug]

Instead of offering a tour including Britain, France and Italy, say, we are now replaced by Spain," said M Balderacchi.

Yes, easily replaced and easily forgotten...

[Paul Atreides]

"After the Iraq crisis, many American tour operators just airbrushed France out of their brochures. Instead of offering a tour including Britain, France and Italy, say, we are now replaced by Spain," said M Balderacchi.

I love it!

[FoxPro]

Time to visit Paris!

[yooper]

"The Americans were like flies round honey in the 1980s when there were 10 francs to the dollar," he said. "Give me two euros to the dollar and they'll be back, bin Laden or no bin Laden."

Dumbass. These idiots still don't get it.

[oceanview]

this is great news, someone email Oreilly.

[xp38]

Sars??!! Since when did France have any Sars cases? That is our excuse here in Toronto!

[Paul Atreides]

Iraq is one factor. But Serge Thellier, who has had a souvenir stand on the Ile de la Cite for 43 years, blamed the dollar. "The Americans were like flies round honey in the 1980s when there were 10 francs to the dollar," he said. "Give me two euros to the dollar and they'll be back, bin Laden or no bin Laden."

I thought it was politically incorrect to wax nostalgic about the 80s.

[xrp]

Woohoo! Kudos to Americans like me and others, who are choosing to spend their tourism dollars RIGHT HERE in the good old U S of A. #1, it helps our fellow American (thus the economy), #2, the USA looks a whole lot prettier than France anyway.

[tet68]

Woe is the po Francais!

Really, my heart goes out to them, really.

Imagine, Americans are subject to hijack and being flown into skyscrapers, and they wonder why tourism is down. tsk, tsk.

I was over the Franch a looooong time ago.

[Texas_Dawg]

lured by France's gastronomy

Looks like gastronomic bypass is even more popular in America than I'd thought.

[Pharmboy]

Two Euros to the dollar, and we'll buy the entire country and throw the socialists and islamists out (pretty empty then, eh?)

[corkoman]

Spain is nice. Frogs are yucky.

[July 4th]

This is what the Parisians have always wanted - a Paris sans Americans. I thought they would have been a little happier.

[Dark Wing]

You will love this.

[tet68]

And consider the Brits, their tourism is down 10% and they are only a chunnel or ferry ride/flight away.

Must be hell being french.

[Interesting Times]

Evidently France isn't attracting enough former members of the Ba'ath Party to make up the difference.

Pity, that...

[nothingnew]

Tsk Tsk Tsk

FMCDH