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Subject: Rhodes to nowhere: Internet error spells holiday surprise Posted on: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 11:03:30 +0000 (UTC)

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20070905/tod-france-norway-greece-tourism-interne-7f81b96_1.html

Rhodes to nowhere: Internet error spells holiday surprise

AFP - Wednesday, September 5 02:13 pm

RODEZ, France (AFP) - A spelling mistake on the Internet led to a
surprise trip to remote southern France for three Norwegian tourists
who thought they were going to a Greek island, airport officials said
Wednesday.

The family group from Torp-Sandefjord thought they had booked a flight
to the island of Rhodes but instead the journey from Oslo took them
via London to Rodez, capital of the mountainous Aveyron department.

According to airport authorities at Rodez some 10 tourists make the
same mistake every year.