Romania and Bulgaria hit back at Britain's "don't come here" anti-tourism campaign
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Kudos to the Balkans behind this creative response to the boorishness of the British campaign. Who wouldn't visit a land where the draft beer is cheap and Middleton clones are bountiful?
Rather than being paved with gold, the British government wants you to think its streets are wet from the incessant rain and the vomit of binge-drinking teens.
Concerned about a possible influx of new arrivals when immigration restrictions for Bulgaria and Romania are lifted at the end of 2013, the British media is reporting that ministers are considering a negative ad campaign that would dissuade wannabe migrants from heading to the island nation.
According to Britain’s “Daily Telegraph,” the proposed campaign would “focus on the downside of life in the U.K., majoring on the changeable weather.”
Against a backdrop of widespread frustration with crumbling infrastructure, rising prices, and the interminable drizzle, the popular left-leaning daily “The Guardian” asked its readers to make their own posters to deter prospective visitors.
The results are impressive: British self-deprecation coupled with a strong distaste for the present coalition government and petty bureaucracy. “Come Here And Clean The Loo,” says one submission. Another reads: “Britain: we only haven’t left ourselves because the public transport isn’t running.” Several others make fun of the country's notoriously gray weather.
Many Romanians and Bulgarians, however
