Staff at tourism agency VisitBritain were left scratching their heads at
some of the questions posed to them last year.
They included: "Are there any lakes in the Lake District?" And: "Is Wales
closed during the winter?"
At the Britain & London Visitor Centre on Regent Street in London's West End
one visitor wanted to know: "What is the entry fee for Brighton?"
Another asked: "Do you have any information on Samantha Fox?"
One tourist wanted to know: "Why on earth did they build Windsor Castle on
the flight path of Heathrow?"
Another asked: "Can you tell me who performs at the circus in Piccadilly?"
Other geographically-challenged queries included: "What Tube line runs to
Edinburgh?"
Encounters could be just as strange north of the border at the help centres
of VisitScotland, where questions from tourists included: "Is Edinburgh in
Glasgow?"
Other questions posed to VisitScotland staff included: "Can you tell me
where the mountain is in Scotland?", and "Are there any Sheena Easton
museums in Glasgow?".
Best of all, one tourist asked: "What time of night does the Loch Ness
monster surface and who feeds it?"
Jean in Poole, Dorset, UK
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