Tired of those things that we take for granted in the West - democracy, freedom, life? Want a chance to experience things the way they used to be in those good old days before namby pamby liberals came along with their "democracy" idea, "freedom" and "human rights"? Well, you can- there are countries that preserve those out-of-fashion ideas like dictatorship, oppression and well, more oppression. Trouble is, these countries don't like foreigners wanderring around the place taking pictures. But now there is a land - Uzbekistan - that is open for visitors!
Yes, its true - you can now take your holiday in the country ranked 144th out of 150 countries in terms of political openness, where the government kills its citizens by the hundreds and hushes up the consequences, and where President Karimov takes "a ruthlessly authoritarian approach to all forms of opposition" (BBC).
In fact, Uzbektourism invites you (well, OK maybe not foreign nationals, I don't know) to create a logo and slogan to attract tourists to the country. The first prize in this competition, a trip to Turkey, must surely be tempting indeed to Uzbek citizens. In fact any trip to any other country would probably be a prize guaranteed to get the Uzbeks entering the competition in their thousands, so expect some tough competition in this er... competition.
If you can't be bothered to enter the competition proper, simply post your slogan as a comment here, and we'll have a vote later on the best one.
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