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Mar. 25th, 2009 11:16 amZimbabwe Wants to Draw Back Tourists:
As the new government grappled to revive the shattered economy, [Vice President Joyce] Mujuru said it was time for all Zimbabweans ''to take serious introspection to see to it that whatever we say and do does not contribute to the negative perceptions'' the country suffered abroad.
So, uh, if you have shortage of hard currency, food, gasoline, and most basic goods, Zimbabwe, exactly how the fuck do you expect to prop up a tourist industry? Tourists want omelets and complimentary bathroom amenities, you know? And they don't want to walk to restaurants. And oh yeah, they want restaurants. And they want to be able to pay for the food at these restaurants with coins and bills! Not sheep!
Oh god, it gets better:
Mujuru, a Mugabe loyalist, said the country's needed more international flights, upgrading of public utilities and improvements in telephone and Internet systems that are near collapse. She said daily power and water outages and deteriorating roads and highways deterred visitors.
''Our visitors do not need to go through the stress of failing to catch a bath in the morning or narrowly missing accidents'' on the roads, most potholed and with drivers' vision obscured by uncut grass at corners and turnings. ''Lest we forget, potential tourists have alternative holiday destinations,'' she said.
As the new government grappled to revive the shattered economy, [Vice President Joyce] Mujuru said it was time for all Zimbabweans ''to take serious introspection to see to it that whatever we say and do does not contribute to the negative perceptions'' the country suffered abroad.
''We are here now, through our inclusive voice, asking the international community to please remove the travel warnings,'' she added.
The country's economic collapse saw the highest inflation in the world and chronic shortages of hard currency, food, gasoline and most basic goods. No records of tourist arrivals were available during the upheavals.
So, uh, if you have shortage of hard currency, food, gasoline, and most basic goods, Zimbabwe, exactly how the fuck do you expect to prop up a tourist industry? Tourists want omelets and complimentary bathroom amenities, you know? And they don't want to walk to restaurants. And oh yeah, they want restaurants. And they want to be able to pay for the food at these restaurants with coins and bills! Not sheep!
Oh god, it gets better:
Mujuru, a Mugabe loyalist, said the country's needed more international flights, upgrading of public utilities and improvements in telephone and Internet systems that are near collapse. She said daily power and water outages and deteriorating roads and highways deterred visitors.
''Our visitors do not need to go through the stress of failing to catch a bath in the morning or narrowly missing accidents'' on the roads, most potholed and with drivers' vision obscured by uncut grass at corners and turnings. ''Lest we forget, potential tourists have alternative holiday destinations,'' she said.
