Single biggest tourist destination in Europe--Guess????
Jun 21st, 2001, 01:08 PM
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I don't get the Wall Street Journal but if those were their exact words, I think that is wrong. It may be the most popular "tourist attraction" (meaning one thing or building) but France, for example, as a country is the top tourist destination in Europe from what I read recently and receives many more visitors yearly than Disneyland. I'm sure other cities and countries do, also; I believe I've heard Prague is most popular tourist destination in Europe, but I'm not sure of that one (a friend of mine who lived there said that, so he was biased), as I would think Paris would be, but it could be Prague. Paris gets about 20 million visitors, Disneyland only 12 million. Now I read online (Prague Post, Eng-lang newspaper) that Prague gets about 80 million but that seems way too high given all of France only gets about 50-70 million. If that were true, I think Czech Republic would be top tourist country and I know I've read lots of places it is France.
Jun 21st, 2001, 04:44 PM
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Rex, <BR>During the time I was in school in Europe, I felt kind of saddened whenever I sensed that certain American trends were making their way across the Atlantic & "Americanizing" European culture. I guess I was in the middle of enjoying Italian & French history & culture so much, I didn't want to think of anything being superimposed upon it & potentially cancelling it out. Now logically, I realize that Versailles & Euro Disney can exist in the same country, because they do, in reality. I enjoy the Provence area so much, for example, that I cringe at the thought that someday on the way to Orange from Avignon, one might see a sign for the exit to "Six Drapeaux Over Texas"! I do see your point, however--if I were a European parent, I would adore being able to take my kids to Euro Disney instead of going to the hassle & expense of long flights, long lines & perhaps limited hotel space. My feelings remind me a little bit of the argument over all the proposed memorials in the Washington, DC area. It's absolutely desirable & correct to honor all the war veterans, but will the mall eventually become a set of memorials, such that each is indistinguishable from the next? <BR> <BR>Sigh...darned if I do, darned if I don't... <BR>BC
Jun 21st, 2001, 04:47 PM
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Guess I have the same question as Rex on this, BC...why nauseated? (I'd assume the great majority of visitors to Disneyland Paris are European.) <BR> <BR>While I wouldn't go to Disneyland or Disneyworld here in the U.S. as an adult (assuming I wasn't taking any kids, that is), I was fortunate to visit both of those places when I was a kid and loved them.
Jun 21st, 2001, 04:50 PM
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BC - - well I understand the "sigh" you feel at the homogenization of culture (and specifically, "touristic" and entertainment venues) around the world. But let all those Slovenians, Danes and Portuguese flock to Disneyland Paris. Maybe there will be fewer of them in Les Andelys, Oberkirch and Bassano del Grappa. <BR>
