The International Herald Tribune notes: U.S. tourists stay away from France
PARIS: The number of American tourists visiting France has dropped dramatically this year, by as much as 80 percent in the first half of 2003, the newspaper Liberation reported Monday, quoting the president of a group representing France's travel agents."Our colleagues across the Atlantic no longer schedule France," Balderacchi told the daily newspaper.
Balderacchi's somber assessment was countered by the Tourism Ministry, which put the decrease in American visitors at 30 percent for the first five months of 2003, attributing the decline mainly to the weak dollar.
Oh, mai oui! Le decline au cause de weak dollar. Bien sur, mon brave. Le attitude has rien to do with it. Right? Right.
Hat Tip to Roger Simon
Posted by Vanderleun at July 29, 2003 3:36 PM