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Austrian tourist board bosses pulled a television ad lauding the open-mindedness of the Tyrol region when the local reaction proved the exact opposite.
The paean to the beautiful alpine province — “Come as you are — in Tyrol everybody is welcome” — was judged an “affront to Tyrolean farmers” because it featured — horror of horrors — the hipster elixir oat milk.
In the ad a hairy, horned mythical figure called “Percht” is invited into a Tyrolean mountain hut for a warming drink after returning a young girl’s glove he found in the snow.
But having the creature order a “latte macchiato with…
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