Promo Videos Gone Wrong: ‘Tourist’

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  03.05.09 | 9:46 AM ET

OK, OK. So this isn’t precisely a promotional video from a hapless tourism board. But still, this hilariously dated trailer for a 1980 made-for-TV movie, Tourist—described as “an adventure-filled journey through the glamor capitals of Europe”—fits the bill and gets a chuckle or two, don’t you think?

Tags: Movies, Pop Culture Travel, Propaganda, Tourism, Tres Loco, Europe, News and Briefs

Eva Holland is the senior editor of World Hum. She is an associate editor at Up Here and Up Here Business magazines, and her writing has also appeared in Reader's Digest Canada, NationalGeographic.com, the National Post, the Montreal Gazette, the Ottawa Citizen and WestJet's Up! Magazine, among other publications. She's based in Canada's Yukon territory.


2 Comments for Promo Videos Gone Wrong: ‘Tourist’

Sophia Dembling 03.05.09 | 1:36 PM ET

Wow. All that intrigue on a guided tour? Who knew?

Eva Holland 03.05.09 | 6:25 PM ET

I know. Apparently I’ve been missing out on all the wild times!

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