Daily Roundup--March 22, 2012

More people visited the United States last year  than any other year in history. And they spent more.  62 million people and $130 billion in case you were interested. Considering we make foreigners practically jump through hoops to get here, that’s an impressive number. Can you guess where most of the people are from?  Canada, Mexico and Britain.

The Czech government announced they will rename Prague’s airport in honor of former President and playwright Vaclev Havel.  Now if the Yotel people ever decide to open one of their micro-hotels at that airport, they could call it Havel’s Hovel. (Do I hear groaning?)

The Portugeuse are the latest to strike shutting down trains, ports and most public transit.

Have you ever flown on a plane with a broken toilet? I have, and it is something of an inconvenience. But that’s nothing compared to the ordeal the passengers of a recent United Airlines flight from San Francisco to Shanghai had to endure. What was supposed to be a 13 hour flight turned into an additional two day layover in Alaska.

Comments

[musicmax]

No surprise that foreigners are coming to the US with our currency being depreciated daily :-(

[Lia]

A 13-hour delay is flight is pretty much not okay but 2 days? That's definitely not okay.

[Travel Weary]

And they're renaming Little Rock National Airport to "The Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport" -- which caused one Arkansas citizen to groan and remark "Oh great! Now we'll have our very own "Hill-Billy Airport." I kind of like it!!