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Top travel destination countries? Canada is number one and Nigeria is. . .?
When asked the to respond to the statement, "I would like to go to visit this country if money were no object," Canada ranked number one in a recent global survey conducted by Anholt-GfK Roper Nation Brand Index.
Where was the U.S. in the mix of 50? Number 10. Harump!
Steve Stephens, the travel editor for the Columbus Dispatch offered up these tidbits last Sunday and provided the ranking for the other top five choices plus provided some reasons for the results.
From 2nd to 5th in that order:
- Italy
- Australia
- Switzerland
- France
What's your guess for number 50? No, it's not Nigeria.
Number 50 goes to Iran. The people who responded to the survey must not have read my post on how friendly people in Iran actually are or have seen the trailer for I RAN Iran or the video postcards film.
Nigeria is number 49 and lost a second to last place standing to Saudi Arabia.
Estonia was 47 and Lithuania was 46. Stephens begs to differ with these two small countries' close to last place spots. Pointing out that both countries' capitals have town sections listed as UNESCO World Heritage sites, he vouches for their beauty and interest.
One theory for Estonia and Lithuania's poor showing is that possibly people who took the survey knew nothing about them so skipped them altogether when checking off boxes for possible destinations.
I can vouch for Nigeria as a worthwhile destination if you can get parachuted in and airlifted out to avoid customs. Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful.
Why does Canada rank so highly? Its natural beauty for one thing.
If I could go anywhere in the world where money is no object, I'd probably pick Bolivia--or Peru. How about you?
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
thiefhunter May 28th 2009 4:19PM
"I can vouch for Nigeria as a worthwhile destination if you can get parachuted in and airlifted out to avoid customs. Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful."
Hah, I just wrote about an absolute nightmare experience at Lagos immigration. Hint: cockroaches were involved. http://bobarno.com/thiefhunters/2009/05/nigerian-nightmar/
james May 28th 2009 4:42PM
Where was North Korea?
Lake Toba May 29th 2009 4:05AM
The beautiful place, can tell how the way to the Negeria?
Lake Toba
Anil Chand Jun 3rd 2009 5:57AM
I agree with this message that Canada is the best travel destination other then
Italy, Australia, Switzerland, France...
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northernnigeriatourism Oct 2nd 2009 7:20PM
Nigeria is getting there pls view www.northernnigeriatourism.com upcoming hiking event www.northernnigeriatourism/gohiking
Ioma Jan 18th 2010 11:06AM
"I can vouch for Nigeria as a worthwhile destination if you can get parachuted in and airlifted out to avoid customs. Dreadful, dreadful, dreadful."
@ thiefhunter and Jamie Rhein
What really is the basis for this statement?
So you both had 'bad' experiences. But it really does make it okay to make baseless and irresponsible statements. You have not explored all of Nigeria but somehow you chose to tarnish a whole country with one brush.Biased and obtuse people like you will see this and take your word for it.
You have explored a part of it and fair enough you're experience was 'dreadful' but i am quite sure that statement is applicable to many other countries. Facts and not ' shallow opinions' should be made.
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