Nepal tourism ad uses image of Peru
It’s a bit different from our usual fare, but we couldn’t resist:
LIMA (Reuters) – Royal Nepal Airlines has apologized to Peru after
mistakenly using a photo of the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu to promote
tourism in Nepal.
Peru’s foreign ministry said in a statement
Wednesday the flagship carrier of the Himalayan kingdom, about half way
around the world from the Andean country, had put the picture of Peru’s
tourism icon, Machu Picchu, on a poster under a slogan "Have you seen
Nepal?"
Peruvian mountaineer Ernesto Malaga, who was visiting
India last month, noticed the blunder on a poster hanging on a wall in
the airline’s office in New Delhi. Peruvian authorities requested
explanations from the airline via the embassy.
"The airline …
offered apologies to Peru for using the picture of the Machu Picchu
Sanctuary on a poster to promote their country and assured that the
lamentable error has been corrected," the statement said.
"As a consequence, the Nepalese airline fired an employee in the
rank of a manager … It is concluded that it was an isolated error,"
it added…Link
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