Alberta: Come For Our Beaches–Stay For, um, Their Beach?

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Aka, when screwing up may not be such a bad thing. Tourism campaigns for the most part are boring. Few cut through the world of beauty shots and smiling families. So when Alberta Canada recently ran a photo of a beach taken in northeastern England as part of their latest campaign, they may have done themselves a favor. Sure there’s production costs associated with redoing stuff, but buzz baby, buzz! Congrats Alberta, you just cut through.

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