New Mexico alien tourism ad stirs controversy

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Instead of highlighting New Mexico's picturesque desert landscapes, art galleries or centuries-old culture, a new tourism campaign features drooling, grotesque office workers from outer space chatting about their personal lives.

The 30-second TV spots — which lead in roundabout fashion to the tag line that New Mexico may be "the best place in the Universe" — are provocative, funny and bold.

But to increasingly vocal critics, the state-financed ad campaign is a possible threat to the well-being of the state's $5.1 billion tourism industry. In other words, while the ads may yield a chuckle or two, the joke is on New Mexico.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071126/ap_on_re_us/travel_alien_ad_flap


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I do live in Santa Fe but I don't get why the ad is being called of "low standards".

didn't you call in sick last week?

Made me giggle. :)

Kinder, gentler anal probes?

And I like the way the commercials play into that--break out of your dull office routine and get out into the open. If anything, they should have talked MORE about the various things to do there.

:headbang:
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