USA BIG SUCCESS !!!

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gW0k9nzBC6HnafIwxJfGcmXxhGaQ

http://www.236.com/news/2007/11/06/us_visit_2126.php

http://insidetheusa.net/2007/11/15/not-welcome-to-the-united-states/

Bill O'Reilly is right: BOYCOTT FRANCE is a big SUCCESS ! :lol: :lol: :lol:

Max, an ebullient eristician, provides three links to the same press release -- churned into a news story -- from a lobby with an axe to grind. But what is Max arguing? Certainly not the topic of this post.

But Max having found "news" to his liking is now an expert on American tourism and is anxious to let us know. Alas, the subject is more profound and conflicted than Max's Google skim of headlines. For example, here is a more authoritative and contrary view:

LONDON November 12, 2007 (PRNewswire) -- With the kick-off of London's World Travel Market this week -- the premier global travel and tourism convention -- the big questions on the minds of tourism and hospitality professionals are: "What countries have the best reputations and which ones rank in the top 10 list of desired country brands when it comes to travel?" The answers might surprise you.

According to this year's Country Brand Index (CBI), Australia once again earned the coveted spot as the world's top country brand, with the United States ranking second and the United Kingdom ascending to third. Other countries making the top 10 included Japan [10], Canada [6], France [4th] and Greece [9].

The CBI report makes for informative reading, but this may overwhelm Max's expert skim skills.

Since Max has developed a sudden interest in tourism, we invite him to visit our recent posts here, here, here, here, here, and here for insights into tourism-dependent France.

DGB