American, Canadian and Japanese holidaymakers are avoiding the Netherlands because of the expensive euro, the Netherlands Board of Tourism & Conventions reported. The number of visitors from the US fell by 3 percent last year. There were also 11% fewer Canadians and 15% less Japanese tourists. The decline in the number of visitors from North America and Japan was largely compensated by the increase of the number of visitors from countries like Belgium (up 11 percent), Spain (+10 percent), Finland (+10 percent), Russia (+14 percent), China (+14 percent) and India (+13 percent).
The new world order is becoming visible in the tourism statistics!
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You just forgot one little thing. The new world got compensated with old world money (I guess good old USA is old world now). As the saying goes, the proof is in the pudding. Lets see whether the new world can support themselves without us. On a lighter note, I am delighted that Jaguar may go to an Indian company. Now, who are the colonials? hehehehe
DA in SF
Oh, on a lighter note. Too many Europeans here in SF. We'll gladly take your old world money.
DA in SF
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