Tourism is national prostitution, says Prince Philip

[Villavic]

After watching THE QUEEN movie, I got the idea this guy is a jerk, but since it's a character movie, I didn't want to have a definitive opinion. Now after these comments, I'm convinced about it. London gets lot of revenues from tourism, and I've been in England 3 times and I don't think I did anything to ruin something.

Britain's Prince Philip reportedly branded tourism "national prostitution" during his recent official visit to Slovenia.

The 87-year-old prince - who spent several days touring Slovakia and Slovenia with his wife, Queen Elizabeth - made the comments to a professor, despite royal aides continually claiming tourism is vital to the British economy.
Dr Maja Uran revealed the prince said to her: "Tourism is just national prostitution. We don't need any more tourists. They ruin cities."

One million people visit the queen's London residence Buckingham Palace and her Berkshire home Windsor Castle each year.

Uran was among four experts who met the prince in the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana, and during the meeting she told him she was planning on organising a network of people with sound local knowledge to help out tourists.

She told Britain's The Daily Mail newspaper: "He laughed and said, 'Tourism is just national prostitution.' I couldn't quite believe he used that word and we all collapsed in embarrassment."

A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: ‘We would never discuss anything Prince Philip might have said.’