How Dare You Call German Tourists ‘Stereotyped Blondes With a Hyper-Nationalist Pride!’
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 07.10.03 | 11:43 PM ET
That’s the message from German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder. He just canceled his planned vacation to Italy after Italy’s tourism minister refused to apologize for making the crack about Germans who flock to Italy on vacation. Germans account for about a quarter of all visitors to Italy, so this spat could really cut into Uffizi ticket sales. Question: Isn’t the tourism minister supposed to attract visitors, not offend them? Unbelievable. CNN.com has the latest.
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Jim Benning is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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