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Alternatively: "If you want to be jack-asses and judge every American on what half voted against, then try not to beg so damn much when we stop coming to your countries"

They have homes for people like you

GDP isn't how many tourist there are, it's how much they spend combined. If we spend more than the average tourist, then our share of the 8.5% is higher than our head count percentage. So, if you assume all the tourist are the same, we get .425%, but apparently we "far out strip" other tourist in money spent per person. Hence you expect that % to be higher. Hence I prolly wasn't too far off to say "roughly 1%"

Completely correct, clearly the wrong choice of words on my part, now on to the rest: Easy, we spend alot "In France last year, the Americans spent more than British and Irish visitors combined. In Britain, the average American spends $1,000 a trip, far outstripping European visitors." "The French hotel group Accor reported a 7.8 percent slump in first-half revenues; Italy's tourist authority reported multimillion losses for hotels in the first half of this year" LINK <- Read this one We spend ALOT more and stay alot longer. Most of those 75 million are 1-2 day tourist from other Euro countries. EDIT: 1.I said 8.5%, btw 2. I was wrong, we're not the most numerous in terms of people (we are to Paris, hence the mix up), just represent the biggest chunk of cash in tourism 3. I have to leave for the day soon, so speak now, or limit the back mouthing till I get back!

We like to see where most of our oil is born I would have guessed the U.K. I would have been wrong.

My guess, when NWN2 is done, some of the team works on a expansion. Others go on to the third game, not PNJ, which will be K3.

Not an economics major, are ya? If you pull roughly 1% GDP out of a country that grows about 1.5% a year, what do you think happens? In 2003, when tourism was lowest...the French Economic growth slumped. In 04, when tourism make double digit recovers in France, the ecomony went up. Not to say tourism is the only cause, but you can't smile off billions of dollars being lost that was expected to come in: EDIT: tho, their in a bit of a funk right now anyways Link ^ The US is the largest group to France link. EDIT: best part "The French capital has held events tied to the Fourth of July holiday the last two years trying to attract American tourists." ^still think they don't need the money?

Pre-03, it drops farther than 20%

Depends on how you define "dependent". If Us tourism to France stopped, they instantly go into a depression. The country wouldn't be utterly destroyed. Is that dependent? From...other Americans. The point is rather simple. Re-read 2 pages.

Damn you canadians and your per capita! I bet, without question, Canada is by far our #1 foreign tourism "partner". Not where I got the info from, a blog where I first saw it, but I double checked it was blogs arn't always reliable: Link, still getting more

About Woody Allen and the discounts. I can give supporting links on this, still searching history.

Easily 90%+ domestic

A couple of google searches is all it took. USA embessy in France give me time, I have to go through me freaking history now

Americans spend several Billion in France yearly. Americans have traditionally been the largest group of foreigners to visit France each year, and therefor the largest single chunk of that 8.5% of GDP. When a drop off well over 25% started to occur (billions lost), what happened? The French hired Woody Allen to start promoting Tourism to France ("Fall in Love Again" was the catch phrase) and offered steep discounts. So I guess the French just really really love us or their just tourism whores because I somehow I doubt the reaction would be the same if the French stopped coming here. So, what were you saying again?

I swallowed a bug

I think that's stretching it a bit. :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Utterly Dependent? Monaco. measurable chunks of their GDP coming from outside tourism? Well: That's alllllllllllot of money coming in. About 8.5% of the GDP of France. The percentage, while I'm having trouble finding it, is not even close in the U.S.

o...you meant of Oblivion, pfff. Been there, seen that, no nostalgia to carry the day.

really? It's a trick, isn't it? I'm confused, but I do know your the white devil, so I'm also worried.

Post up or Shut up

Inventory screen envy?

British amazon

I wasn't fear mongering. I meant, if you don't want Americans around, well, your getting options. Enjoy. I've had three friends spend time in London in the last year or two, not a single negative word to be heard. Minus, you know, the lack of ice in drinks.

what you mean where they brought back Jason todd (robin #2)? the one who got blown up by joker? Invincible is by image... that explains why I don't know about it. the description sounds somewhat like Supreme power... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 1. Yep, of course he's still technically "back". The storylines not done. 2. That Invincible guy looks almost exactly like the costume for Marvels Gravity hero guy.

Or, you know, nuked.