Venezuela withdraws 'we welcome foreigners' tourism ad that showed a US reporter after his release f
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[quote]A US reporter detained while covering the 2013 elections in Venezuela has become the unlikely star of a Venezuelan tourism advert.
The image on TeleSur's twitter feed showed a man being hugged with the line: "We love Venezuela for receiving foreigners like one of our own."
That man however was journalist Jim Wyss being welcomed home to the US shortly after his arrest.
TeleSur declined to comment. The advert has been withdrawn.[/quote]
rest in peace person who made this ad since it was totally on purpose
Beautiful Venezuela! Come for the tourist attractions and spend a night in our luxurious prison facilities. Now with 50% less rodent infestation.
Fuck Telesur. It's the Latin American version of Russia Today
[QUOTE=T553412;47048836]Fuck Telesur. It's the Latin American version of Russia Today[/QUOTE]
Funny thing, I always thought of Telesur as a latin american news channel. I mean, it should be, it's partially [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeleSUR]sponsored by most of the southern cone[/url].
But every single time I watch it on TV I always see Maduro's face on one way or other.
I can't imagine there being much point in making tourism ads for Venezuela, so perhaps the bloke making this one decided to have a bit of fun with it.
Surely it'd set off alarm bells in tourists' heads much like an ad for holidays in Syria.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;47052662]I can't imagine there being much point in making tourism ads for Venezuela, so perhaps the bloke making this one decided to have a bit of fun with it.
Surely it'd set off alarm bells in tourists' heads much like an ad for holidays in Syria.[/QUOTE]
Yo, actually, tourism in Venezuela used to be very important, we have beautiful beaches at driving distance from basically anywhere you would want to stay while visiting, we have the Gran Sabana for those who want to see one of the most unique landscapes in the world, and we actually do have infrastructure to accommodate a bunch of tourists. It's cheap too, it's one of the cheapest places to actually take a vacation on.
It's just that in recent years tourists decided to stop visiting Venezuela after a series of power and water shortages, and well, the awful political panorama. But we used to be fairly visited by international tourists, particularly from Europe.
[QUOTE=Big Bang;47052940]Yo, actually, tourism in Venezuela used to be very important, we have beautiful beaches at driving distance from basically anywhere you would want to stay while visiting, we have the Gran Sabana for those who want to see one of the most unique landscapes in the world, and we actually do have infrastructure to accommodate a bunch of tourists. It's cheap too, it's one of the cheapest places to actually take a vacation on.
It's just that in recent years tourists decided to stop visiting Venezuela after a series of power and water shortages, and well, the awful political panorama. But we used to be fairly visited by international tourists, particularly from Europe.[/QUOTE]I'm not saying that it's worthless as a tourist destination in terms of things to do and sights to see, just that the country's current problems make it an unwise destination to visit, similar to Egypt.
[QUOTE=Sgt Doom;47052996]I'm not saying that it's worthless as a tourist destination in terms of things to do and sights to see, just that the country's current problems make it an unwise destination to visit, similar to Egypt.[/QUOTE]
It's a different thing. I still wouldn't recommend anyone to visit Venezuela due to the rampant crime, but like, you can have a great time here if you keep only to the tourist areas and stay out of Caracas. The political instability per se doesn't really affect tourists, except when it's bullshit like them arresting journalists.
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