Thursday, February 19, 2009

Colombia! The only risk is wanting to stay!


I swear to god that is Colombia's tourism slogan. You know you're in a bad place when your argument for people to visit your country is premised on the belief that they think they'll be kidnapped or killed.

The ads themselves are remarkably intriguing:

Colombia
Bogota
San Andres

Of course, a friend pulled out the key point from the above linked article: "Is the only risk of visiting Colombia wanting to stay? The United States’s Department of State begs to differ." The state department is more conservative than rush limbaugh but the point still stands. And the line makes me laugh out loud.