Why is the Iranian government paying commissions to travel agencies that succeed in getting Western tourists into their country? Is their goal more to weaken Bush or their own dissidents, or other reason (name it if you can)?
2006-11-01 22:25:58 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Current Events
It is good pr, which is part of the issue here. Which pr campaign is their prime motivator? Looking better against Bush or weakening their dissidents?
2006-11-01 22:38:09 · update #1
Actually, Romeo,they are looking for Euros not dollars.
In the early '70s, OPEC decided all oil dealings were to be done in US$s. The $ has been kept artificially high, literally because it was floating on oil. Iraq & Iran have both been planning to go to the Euro, which would be disasterous for the US economy.
2006-11-02 04:48:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
To give George Bush the same problem they gave to Jimmy Carter.
2006-11-02 21:20:44 · answer #2 · answered by d/dx+d/dy+d/dz 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DOLLAR IS THE STRONGEST CURRENCY IN THE WORLD AND ANY COUNTRY WHO HAS A LOT OF IT CAN BUY AND DO A LOT OF THINGS WITH IT AND BY GETTING TOURIST TO GO TO IRAN WILL HELP IN SOME WAY GENERATE EARNING THIS CURRENCY, PLUS ITS GOOD P.R.
2006-11-02 06:34:18 · answer #3 · answered by livinhapi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
to build foreign currency reserves of course...the main reason any country promotes tourism....hard to buy goods on the world market if you don't have any of that countries money on account!
2006-11-02 06:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are they gona make any money? They got oil and that's about it. They're poor without foreign dollars going into their nation.
2006-11-02 06:30:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋