As the Ramcharger ehairlift cranks its frozen passengers to the top of Montana's Andesite Mountain, Jan and Lo-rene Nobert from Quebec beam about their American holiday. The snow this season, they say, is just as good as they'd heard it was. South Florida, meanwhile, is relying on its warm weather to attract foreign visitors. Fort Lauderdale recently sent over its "beachmobile"-a lorry bearing a heated, glass-enclosed fake seashore complete with palm tree, lifeguard tower and sunbathing models-to lure Britons tired of dull weather.
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