Social media reacts to Canberra's Lonely Planet listing as the third best city to visit in 2018

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Canberra as the third best city to visit in 2018? It was always going to be a controversial decision.

As soon as the announcement was made public the supporters, the haters and the genuinely baffled turned to social media.

The city hasn't been this divided since Skywhale...

Even Visit Canberra has turned on the sass.

Ouch. Might be time for another visit, we think. 💔 #VisitCanberra pic.twitter.com/ECG3pVKqos
— VisitCanberra (@visitcanberra) October 24, 2017

You kidding?! We can't get them to leave. 🙄 #VisitCanberra pic.twitter.com/KfNq3b3Yk0
— VisitCanberra (@visitcanberra) October 24, 2017

Yeah, but we get a pretty awesome trophy, so... pic.twitter.com/rtZCxPYDxS
— VisitCanberra (@visitcanberra) October 25, 2017

When one passionate Canberran came to the city's defence on Facebook, the tourism body had a meme at the ready, based on Broad City character Ilana.

Oct 26 2017

Social media reacts to Canberra's Lonely Planet listing as the third best city to visit in 2018

This article Social media reacts to Canberra's Lonely Planet listing as the third best city to visit was originally published in Canberra Times.

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