Yes. Really…
Via Fox News.
Vacation in Syria? Seriously?
The war-torn nation’s Ministry of Tourism released a promotional tourism video featuring Tartus, one of its pristine coastal towns, in hopes of attracting tourists. Missing from the pitch was the fact that a suicide bomber killed dozens on that same beach earlier this summer, and residents of Homs, just 60 miles away, are running from government-sanctioned bombings.
The one-minute, 43-second video– presumably filmed by an unarmed drone– is titled “Syria–Always Beautiful.” With festive music and sunseeker on jet skis and frolicking on beaches, the idyllic footage is akin to advertisements Americans might see luring them to a place like Myrtle Beach, S.C.
The video is one of a dozen videos uploaded by the ministry with no mention of the country’s bloody conflict that has killed at least 400,000….
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Truly Syria! The vacation of a lifetime! Truly!
Wonder how big the ad buy in Chicago and Detroit is. Is there an MS-13 tour guide option?
Why not give a gift tour to Bill and Hillary, stressing that there will be tons of young, cute women who love older men?
Yes I am hyped for the Risk Your Life Vacation Package. Guess I didn’t get to experience enough of that growing up in the inner-city or when I was in the Navy.