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18 Jan 1997

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Choose life, choose a good job, choose a mortgage, choose stereos, telephones, fax machines. Don't choose the British Tourist Authority's Web site for recommendations on where to stay in the UK. In a bid to make holiday destinations out of film locations, the site touts a trip to Leith, setting for Trainspotting. Fans of the film, however, might be reluctant to experience the place at first hand, after seeing Begby, Renton, et al beating up and mugging a stray tourist who was trying to enjoy the Edinburgh festival.

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