"One million British tourists mistake the Romanian capital Bucharest for Budapest, which is the capital of neighbouring Hungary, a study has revealed.
Similar misunderstandings occur for several capitals in the world, the travelsupermarket.com survey shows.
Over 100,000 tourist realise the misunderstanding only when they arrive in the wrong city.
The misundertandings of Palma de Majorca and La Palma Islands, in Canare, Venice for Vienna and Libon (Portugal) and Lisburn (Ireland) are the most common among tourists. Mistaking Bucharest for Budapest ranks fifth in this top misunderstanding list.
The study shows around 1,9 million tourists arrive at their destination with the wrong currency."
source: http://www.romaniantimes.at/news/Panorama/2009-06-01/954/Bri...