The countries reportedly labelled as s***holes by President Trump are using the insult to boost tourist numbers.
Trump allegedly called Haiti, El Salvador and Africa’s third-world nations ‘s***hole countries’ during an Oval Office discussion about immigration.
But now some of them are using his words to their advantage – on tourism posters.
A Zambian tourism agency called Zambiatourism.com (which isn’t the official tourism agency) posted a picture of a safari sunset online that said ‘Visit ***hole Zambia – where the only stars and stripes you’ll have to see are in the sky and on a zebra!’
As the Wall Street Journal reported, a Zambian tourism agency called Zambiatourism.com (which isn’t the official tourism agency) posted a picture of a safari sunset online that said ‘Visit ***hole Zambia – where the only stars and stripes you’ll have to see are in the sky and on a zebra!’
The government of Botswana rebranded itself a ‘waterhole country’ and tweeted a composite picture of elephants, zebras and antelope with the caption ‘Botswana is a waterhole country’.
And a Haitian ad agency boss, Fabien Dodard, has set up a gofundme campaign to run a series of adverts in the U.S that ‘show off Haiti’s sh***y landscape, totally sh***y people, and year-round sh***y weather’.
The backlash has backing from Airbnb, too, which unveiled a new ad in advance of Tuesday’s State of the Union address calling for the United States to ‘open doors, not build walls’.
‘We heard there’s been some expletive-filled interest in these beautiful destinations,’ the ad begins, showing scenes from Haiti, El Salvador and Africa.
‘We also know a few people who would love to show you around,’ the ad says. ‘Let’s open doors, not build walls.’
The ad closes with the message: ‘#weaccept.’
Airbnb has most than 116,000 listings in those three regions. The company says its hosts there earned $170 million by sharing homes with travelers last year.
The company said Tuesday that it is establishing formal relationships with the Haitian and Salvadoran governments in order to help boost tourism.
A Haitian ad agency boss, Fabien Dodard, has set up a gofundme campaign to run a series of adverts in the U.S that ‘show off Haiti’s sh***y landscape, totally sh***y people, and year-round sh***y weather’