American town tries to trick tourists

notyou2 · Post by **notyou2** » Wed Dec 04, 2013 8:59 pm

The American town of Kirby Montana has changed it's name to Banff Alberta Canada in an effort to trick people and increase tourism.

Here is a link to the news story

http://www.cbc.ca/thisisthat/blog/2013/11/20/town-in-montana-changes-its-name-to-banff-alberta-canada/

BigBallinStalin · Post by **BigBallinStalin** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:12 am

Didn't some other small town try that? It was so successful I forgot what their name was.

DoomYoshi · Post by **DoomYoshi** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 2:35 am

Kingston, Jamaica tried to model itself after Kingston, ontario.

Stalingrad comes to mind.Never mind all the alexandrias

mrswdk · Post by **mrswdk** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 4:45 am

New York did that.

MeDeFe · Post by **MeDeFe** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:01 am

mrswdk wrote:New York did that.

They should've stuck with their previous name.

oVo · Post by **oVo** » Thu Dec 05, 2013 5:49 am

I've heard they trick tourists in Nevada.