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http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1763341-6078-0,00.html

By Veronique Dupont NEW YORK - European tourists are taking advantage of a weak greenback to visit the United States, despite its sullied image in the Old World.

"We came to see our friends, something that we have long planned for, but with the dollar so low, it was a good moment," said Veronique Drouet, 34, who came to New York with a friend.

"If you're by nature a big spender, all of a sudden you can cut loose!" she said, speaking in French.

The dollar's fall against other currencies has accelerated since the beginning of September, and the euro has climbed to historic heights.

On Tuesday, the euro marked a new record of 1.3336, ballooning buying power for tourists from the eurozone.

Result: The number of travellers to the United States from Western Europe has boomed for a year.

A week-long trip to New York, with six nights of double-occupancy hotel (about 130 dollars), a visit to the Metropolitan Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim Museum and the Empire State building (each 10-20 dollars to enter), a Broadway musical (50 dollars), a week-long subway pass (21 dollars) plus 50 dollars a day for food comes to 820 dollars per person.

Add a 200 dollar camera, and costs are over 1,000 dollars.

However, that comes to just 756 euros.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/363f4004-4350-11d9-9f74-00000e2511c8.html

A weak dollar and a strong euro are luring British holidaymakers away from Europe to the US, according to new research.


Tourism from the UK to Florida is at a four-year high and is forecast to hit 1.65m visitors this year, a rise of more than 20 per cent on 2002. The weak dollar has helped Florida poach new British business from Spain and consolidate its position as the most popular long-haul destination for holidaymakers.

The strength of the euro has had a big impact on British travel to countries outside the eurozone, such as Bulgaria, Croatia and Turkey, which have experienced substantial increases in visitors, according to the report by the the Association of British Travel Agents.

But eurozone countries, such as France, Greece and Portugal, have seen significant declines because of the euro's strength.

Cheaper long-haul dest-inations, such as Malaysia, the United Arab Emirates and Cuba, had also grown in popularity, the report found.

 

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Sweet. I love the Europeans.