> Obveeus wrote:

>> "edonline" comcast.net> wrote:

>>> (There are a couple of international versions of "The Amazing Race,"
>>> though, notably, none has traveled through the United States -- perhaps
>>> entertainment tourism is a one-way street.)

>

>> I think that cost is the issue for the other TAR's locale limitations.

>
> I think there is an unfortunate political aspect to it too.
>
> Just this week I read a news story that said that despite the sinking
> dollar, foreign tourism to the U.S. has actually declined sharply even
> though such tourism would be a bargain. Foreigners have said they just
> don't feel welcome in the U.S. right now. It may be the negative
> perception of the U.S. in some parts of the world that would make a
> foreign Amazing Race through America get lower ratings in the countries
> it's aired.
>
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