French tourism suffers sharp decline

Fox News ^ | 7/29/2003 | Brit Hume, Fox News

[George W. Bush]

Hume: "The French government now admits that American anger over its opposition to the war in Iraq is eating away at its tourist industry. But the damage may be even worse than the government is willing to say. The French Ministry of Tourism says the number of American tourists fell by 30% in the first quarter of this year. But the president of the French travel agents union tells The Scotsman newspaper that the number of Americans visiting France has actually fallen by as much as 80% so far this year."

[George W. Bush]

My own transcript from Tivo of Hume's reporting on his Grapevine segment yesterday.

This tourism decline was also mentioned during Fox & Friends this morning during the interview with Bill O'Reilly, a champion of the French boycott. E.D. cited that American airline ticket sales supported the 80% decline in American tourists going to France.

[George W. Bush]

A screw-the-frogs bump...

[presidio9]

Couldn't happen to a nicer country. I hope it keeps up.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

...American airline ticket sales supported the 80% decline in American tourists going to France.

To all Cheese-Eating Surrender-Monkeys: Can you hear me now?

[dfwgator]

"Ha Ha!"

[bedolido]

good post. thanks for taking the time to post it.

[eureka!]

L'schadenfreude. Major League. Big Time.....

[pogo101]

What is "France"?

[Grampa Dave]

To do it correctly, you should enter: $crew the Frogs!

When we take away our $'s by not going to France and not buying their products/services, we $crew the Frogs.

[CCCV]

French tourism suffers sharp decline
Well, BOO HOO

[Grampa Dave]

Cancelling vacations to France for the next decade is a sure fire way to $crew the Frogs and their elected leaders.

Then, we can boycott their products, services and companies.

Make it a lifestyle to avoid French products.

Let them fear the American Street---our combined wallets.

"France has burned too many bridges!"

Lets keep burning those bridges that the slimey and worthless frogs keep trying to build post Iraq.

$crew the $limey Frogs with a Boycott and no vacations in Slimey Frog Land!


French Products to Buycott

We can resist their wines which usually come in behind the good Napa Valley Wines and Australian wines in blind tasting without French Judges like in the Winter Olympics.

We can do without French Products and services for the rest of this decade. Here is a list of French companies and their products to avoid for the rest of this decade. Please keep this list and send it to your relatives, friends and fellow conservatives via e and snail mail!

*New additions to the list.

Air France

Air Liquide

Airbus

Alcatel - Based in Paris France, Provider of communications equipment, including ADSL equipment, terrestrial and submarine optical networks, public switching, fixed wireless access and intelligent networks.


Allegra (Allergy Medication) - Produced by Aventis Pharmaceuticals based in Strasbourg, France

Aqualung (Including: Spirotechnique, Technisub, US Divers, and SeaQuest)

AXA Advisors

*Bacou-Dalloz-Makes Industrial protective devices

Bank of the West - Owned by BNP Paribas

Beneteau (boats)

BF Goodrich - Owned by Michelin

BIC (Razors, Pens & Lighters) - Started in 1945 by Marcel Bich. Originally based just outside of Paris. Began trading on the Paris Stock Exchange in 1972. 40.5% Publicly traded. Bich family still owns 33.5%.

Biotherm (Cosmetics)

Black Bush

Bollinger (Champagne)

*Browning Firearms**

Car & Driver Magazine

Cartier

Chanel

Chivas Regal (Scotch)

Christian Dior

Club Med (Vacations) - Owned in part by Paris based CDC (Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations)

Culligan (owned by Vivendi)

Dannon (Yogurt & Dairy Foods)

*Danone -Lea and Perrin, Evian and other food/water

*Decatholon Super Sport Stores or MVP Sport Stores*

* Dassault Systemes-(CATIA design software)*

DKNY - LVMH acquired 100% of Gabrielle Studio Inc., the privately owned licenser of Donna Karan trademarks back in 2001.

*DMC THREADS

Dom Perignon

Durand Crystal

Elle Magazine

*Emile Henry French Cookware

*Enertec makes high speed recorders used in Recon aircraft p>Essilor Optical Products

*Essilon- Varilux Progressive Lenses for eye glasses

Evian

Fina Oil - Billions invested in Iraqi Oil fields -FINA GAS STATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NOT FRENCH-OWNED AND ARE NOT PART OF TOTAL-ELF-FINA ... FINA GAS STATIONS ARE OWNED BY ALON ISRAEL OIL COMPANY ..

First Hawaiian Bank

George Magazine

Givenchy

*Grey Goose Vodka

*GroupeSEB owns Krups, Moulinex, Roweta and Tefal Cookware

*Groupe Shneider, owner of Modicon and Square D

*Guerlain Fragrances

*Hachette Filipacchi owner publisher of many magazines sold in the USA. See the list below:***

Hennessy

Houghton Mifflin (books) International Herald Tribune - 181 ave Charles-de-Gaulle - F-92521 Neuilly - FRSource:World Business Council for Sustainable Development '00 [Domain Registration], [Corporate Profile]

Jacobs Creek - Owned by Pernod Ricard since 1989

Jameson (whiskey Owned by Pernod Ricard )

Jerry Springer (talk show)

Krups

****Lagardere****

Lancome

*Lea & Perrins a product of Danon

Le Creuset (Cookware)

L'Oreal (Health & Beauty Products)

Louis Vuitton

Marie Claire

Martel Cognac

Maybelline

Méphisto (Footwear & Apparel)

Michelin (Tires & Auto Parts) - Their phone number is: (33) 1 45 66 15 53 in France

Mikasa Crystal and Glass (purchased by ARC int'l in 2001)

Moet (Champagne)

Motel 6 - 33, Avenue du Maine- 75755 Paris Cedex 15 France

Motown Records

MP3.com

Mumms (Champagne)

Nissan (Cars) - Majority owned by Renault

Nivea

Normany Butter

Parents Magazine

*Perrier

Peugeot (Automobiles) - Pronounced "Pooh Joe", must be French

Pierre Cardin

Playstation Magazine

ProScan - Owned by Thomson Electronics, France

Publicis Group (Including: Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising)

RCA (televisions & electronics) - Owned by Thomson Electronics, France

Red Magazine

Red Roof Inns - Owned by the Accor group based in France

Renault (Automobiles) major owner of Nissan

Road & Track Magazine

Roquefort Cheese - All Roquefort cheese is made in France

Rowenta (Toasters, Irons, Coffee makers, etc)

Royal Canadian

Salomon (Skis)

Seagram's Gin

Sierra Software and Computer Games

*Sodexho Alliance* French Food Caterer for the US Marines

Sofitel (Hotels) - Owned by the Accor group based in France

Sparkletts (Water) - Owned by Danone, based in France

Spencer Gifts

Sundance Channel

Taylor Made (Golf)

Technicolor

T-Fal (Kitchenware)

The Glenlivet (Scotch) *Top Tobacco - Dist. by Republic Tobacco L.P., Glenview IL, made in France

UbiSoft (Computer Games)

Uniroyal

Uniroyal Tires - Owned by Michelin

Universal Studios (Music, Movies & Theme Parks) -

Universal Studios is owned by Vivendi-Universal, headquartered in Paris France

USFilter

Veritas Group

Veuve Clicquot Champagne

Vittel

Vivendi - Vivendi Headquarters, Paris France

Wild Turkey (bourbon)

*Winchester Firearms (US Repeating Arms)**

Woman's Day Magazine

Yoplait - France-based Sodiaal owns a 50% stake of Yoplait

Yves Saint Laurent

*Yves Rocher Cosmetics

*ZigZag (tobacco papers and roller products)*

Zodiac Inflatable Boats

*New additions to the list thanks to Freepers. If you have an addition, Freepmail me with the URL showing French ownership.

** Sad news but these two companies are owned by the Belgian Company Herstal, (French Light)

***List of 18 magazines sold in USA by Hachette Filipacchi with an estimated 50 million readers: American Photo, Boating, Car Stereo Review's Mobile Entertainment, Cycle World, ELLE Decor, ELLEgirl, Flying, Home, Metropolitan Home, Popular Photography, Premiere, Sound & Vision, Travel Holiday, Woman's Day Woman's Day Special Interest Publications.

****Lagardere owns the Virgin Megastore group in France, which it bought from Richard Branson three years ago. Its Hachette media division publishes a battery of magazines including Elle , see *** Hachette Filipacchi above. Lagardere also has a stake in the Airbus manufacturing operation. The company is capitalised at over €5bn.

[George W. Bush]

Hopefully, we'll get a better article on the dire straits of frog tourism in the next few days. I just thought it was such good news for us anti-froggers that it needed a thread now.

I'm laughing, recalling all those French government officials and their U.S. ambassador scolding and lecturing us on how we couldn't boycott them and how it would never work and couldn't possibly hurt them.

Payback is a bitch, frogs.

[Bahbah]

"American anger over its opposition to the war in Iraq "

There would have been little to no anger over a principled opposition. France was looking out for its own cozy deal with that mass murderer, was doing so duplicitously, and stabbed our Secy of State in the back. Now that will get us ticked off.

[Grampa Dave]

I guess that having the left wing Woody Allen as their spokesit, making fun of Americans didn't work to well.

If they used the old head whacker to take off ChIraq's head in a public display of atonement to America, we might consider reducing our boycotts.

Until then $crew the Frogs by not vacationing in a place where Americans are hated and boycott products made there or here by French Companies.

[RedWhiteBlue]

Hopefully, we'll get a better article on the dire straits of frog tourism in the next few days.

We've already had a couple. Here's one.

[Roughneck]

They still have a bit of "tourism" left: NORMANDY.

Let's go get our men now! Then we will not have to step foot on French soil EVER AGAIN. We would show better respect for our men by moving them to Arlington than by going to France to visit their graves.

[b fair]

**Browning Firearms?????????????

I thought they were in based in HERSTAL, BELGIUM.

[Grampa Dave]

Yep, Belgium = French Lite.

They are more of a pain in the A$$ than their French Buddies are with all the war crimes bs. They opposed the Iraqi War as much as France did.

[NeonKnight]

RCA is now French??? (Radio Corp. of America)

[George W. Bush]

We've already had a couple. Here's one.

Thanks. Don't know how I could have missed it.

FR's search engine is really broken. It can't find anything. That's why there are so many dupes these days. It used to work much better.