First Rhode Island puts Iceland in its tourism ad, then it claims to have 20% of U.S. historic landmarks
A day after a Rhode Island tourism video featuring a scene from Iceland was taken off YouTube, eagle-eyed critics found another mistake.
Rhode Island, the smallest state in the U.S., has less than 2% of the nation's historic landmarks, but claims to have 20% of them on its website.
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On its "what to do" page, the tourism website states: "Little Rhody is packed with 400 miles of coastline and 20 percent of the country's historic landmarks."
Rhode Island Public Radio reporter Ian Donnis tweeted Wednesday about the statistic. The National Park Service lists more than 2,500 national historic landmarks. Rhode Island has 45, or less than 2%, and no state — not even the biggest — has 20%.
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Archived versions of the website show the statistic listed as early as 2008.
While this might be seen as a harmless typo from another tourism board, the find follows the Iceland error, and has just added fuel to the social media joke fire.
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State officials pulled the video off YouTube in embarrassment on Tuesday because it showed a prominent concert hall in Reykjavik.
Officials responsible for the campaign didn't immediately respond to requests for comment.
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