Italian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app

Posted in iPhone News by admin. Published September 29th, 2010

Italian Tourism official not too happy with iPhone travel app

iPhone travel app What Country describes Italy as “Pizza, Mafia, Pasta and Scooters.” That isn’t sitting too well with Italian Tourism Minister Michela Vittoria Brambilla, who says the app’s description of her country is offensive and is threatening legal action against the developers, Apalon of Belarus.

The US $0.99 app is rated pretty highly by users in the App Store, and is described as having “a light-hearted and funny view of the world.”

The Minister, for her part, says that “Italy is a beacon in the world for its history, culture and style, and as a citizen and minister, I cannot allow that our country is discredited by the use of a criminal organization as its testimonial.” But Italy isn’t the only country with a less-than-complimentary description. The app describes Germany as “Beer, discipline and autobahns.”

I can’t see a lawsuit in a case like this getting too far, but the publicity probably won’t hurt the app any, either.

[Thanks: http://www.tuaw.com]