Machiavelli
Well-known member
Let's do some Royals-bashing.
It's good for tourism
This claim is untrue and irrelevant. Even VisitBritain, our national tourist agency, can't find any evidence for it.
Chester Zoo, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths are all more successful tourist attractions than Windsor Castle, which is the only occupied royal residence to attract visitors in large numbers. If Windsor Castle was included in the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) list of top attractions it would come in at number 24.
Research shows that tourists come here for our world class museums, beautiful scenery, fantastic shopping and captivating history - not because they might catch a glimpse of Prince Andrew. In a republic, royal properties such as Buckingham Palace would be open all year round, so visitors that do want to explore our royal heritage would have even more opportunity to do so.
But, even if the claim were true, do we really want the whims of visiting tourists to determine what kind of political system we have?
- See more at: https://republic.org.uk/what-we-want/monarchy-myth-buster/its-good-tourism#sthash.SVfxJUmz.dpuf
President Blair/Brown/Cameron/Bojo anyone?
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President Jeremy, thread open again.
I'm up for some Royal bashing ............................ tonight and for one night only.
The long-running recurring nightmare over the years of Life-President Thatcher convinced me that sticking with Betty (Gawd bless you ma'am) has a lot going for it!
Oh yeah? Then explain to me why no one visits the Palace of Versailles.
Just for the clarity of the hard of thinking, following this tongue in cheek remark:Oh yeah? Then explain to me why no one visits the Palace of Versailles.
It's good for tourism
This claim is untrue and irrelevant. Even VisitBritain, our national tourist agency, can't find any evidence for it.
Chester Zoo, Stonehenge and the Roman Baths are all more successful tourist attractions than Windsor Castle, which is the only occupied royal residence to attract visitors in large numbers. If Windsor Castle was included in the Association of Leading Visitor Attractions (ALVA) list of top attractions it would come in at number 24.
Research shows that tourists come here for our world class museums, beautiful scenery, fantastic shopping and captivating history - not because they might catch a glimpse of Prince Andrew. In a republic, royal properties such as Buckingham Palace would be open all year round, so visitors that do want to explore our royal heritage would have even more opportunity to do so.
But, even if the claim were true, do we really want the whims of visiting tourists to determine what kind of political system we have?
- See more at: https://republic.org.uk/what-we-want/monarchy-myth-buster/its-good-tourism#sthash.SVfxJUmz.dpuf
How do they count the number of tourists that come over to try to catch a glimpse of the Queen and watch the changing of the guard from beyond the sites gates? - where does this rank in the list as a tourist attraction, or doesn't it count because there are no official ways to count them? Or that they don't actually go into the grounds so not counted as visitors and it as a tourist attraction?
Just for the clarity of the hard of thinking, following this tongue in cheek remark:
Windsor Castle - 1.3 million visitors per year.
Palace of Versailles - 7.5 million visitors per year.
Just for the clarity of the hard of thinking, following this tongue in cheek remark:
Windsor Castle - 1.3 million visitors per year.
Palace of Versailles - 7.5 million visitors per year.