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Wide of Keukenhof tulip park 2. Various of flowers3. Mid of park with flowers and windmill4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Perros, American tourist:\"Room and board, you can't buy dinner for 70 or 80 bucks. You can't get a...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLisse, Netherlands\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Keukenhof tulip park \u003cbr/\u003e2. Various of flowers\u003cbr/\u003e3. Mid of park with flowers and windmill\u003cbr/\u003e4. SOUNDBITE (English) Tom Perros, American tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Room and board, you can't buy dinner for 70 or 80 bucks. You can't get a hotel room for less than 150 to 300 dollars and I'm just talking about a normal room not a palace or anything.\"  \u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE (English) Carol Cameron, Canadian tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"We just saying that I don't know how you can afford the food prices. For hot dogs for instance, 4.95 euros - at home we have a hot dog for about 2 dollars fifty cents.\" \u003cbr/\u003e6. Mid of park with flowers\u003cbr/\u003eRome, Italy\u003cbr/\u003e7. Wide of Pantheon Square in Rome\u003cbr/\u003e8. Mid of tourists\u003cbr/\u003e9. Mid of currency exchange office\u003cbr/\u003e10. Close up of currencies exchange rates board\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeane Rose, US Tourist:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It definitely more expensive. I have been here a few times before.  Lot harder to buy things than it has in the past.\"\u003cbr/\u003e11. Mid people having a coffee \u003cbr/\u003e12.Tilt down from Obelisk to tourists sitting down in the Pantheon Square, Rome\u003cbr/\u003eBrussels, Belgium\u003cbr/\u003e13. Wide pan Brussels street scene to money exchange office \u003cbr/\u003e14. Mid money exchange office \u003cbr/\u003e15. Close exchange rates board\u003cbr/\u003e16. Wide American tourists talking in Grand Place \u003cbr/\u003e17. SOUNDBITE (English) Sharon, no family name available, Tourist from Alaska: \u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm astounded. We were pretty shocked because we'd been spoiled and used to our dollar being very strong. Usually we go to other countries and our dollar is worth more, and this time it's about half.\"\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE (English) Charles, no family name available, Tourist from Colorado:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The ice cream, the beer, the restaurants. I think everything over here is more expensive. But that's the way it is, so if you're going to come over here, you just have to expect it and live with it.\"\u003cbr/\u003e19. Wide Grand Place, Brussels city centre\u003cbr/\u003e20. Set up Olivier Vandenbroucke of USA Travel at his desk\u003cbr/\u003e21. Close USA Travel brochure\u003cbr/\u003e22. SOUNDBITE (English), Olivier Vandenbroucke, Managing Director, USA Travel:\u003cbr/\u003e\"From the beginning of the season, we've seen a huge rise in the number of passengers travelling to the United States. The euro/dollar exchange rate is probably one of the reasons, and the other reason would probably be the media talking about the euro/dollar thing and how the dollar is now cheap.\"\u003cbr/\u003e23. Mid set up Marcel Claes of American Chamber of Commerce Belgium (AMCHAM) at his desk\u003cbr/\u003e24. SOUNDBITE (English), Marcel Claes, Chief Executive, AMCHAM Belgium:\u003cbr/\u003e\"US companies with operations in Europe, the situation is such that, of course, they are operating in a higher cost environment, especially with the rising Euro, and that's why their competitiveness is suffering a little bit, from that higher euro. Slightly offset by lower impact of increased oil costs, lower impact of increased raw material costs, but still, they are suffering.\"\u003cbr/\u003e25. Wide of two tourists taking photos in Grand Place\u003cbr/\u003e26. Wide of Grand Place\u003cbr/\u003eWith the euro reaching record highs on Tuesday against a weakened dollar, American tourists in Europe on Wednesday were concerned about the poor exchange rate.\u003cbr/\u003eTourists visiting the Netherlands complained about the high prices in Europe.\u003cbr/\u003e\"I don't know how you can afford the food prices,\" said Canadian tourist Carol Cameron, while visiting the Keukenhof tulip park in Lisse.\u003cbr/\u003eIn Rome, Italy, an American tourist who had visited Europe complained that prices to her were \"definitely more expensive.\"\u003cbr/\u003e\"Lot harder to buy things than it has in the past,\" Jeane Rose told AP Television.\u003cbr/\u003eIn the Grand Place on Wednesday afternoon in Brussels, Sharon, a tourist from Alaska, also expressed her concern. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I'm astounded,\" she said. \"We were pretty shocked because we'd been spoiled and used to our dollar being very strong. Usually we go to other countries and our dollar is worth more, and this time it's about half.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAnother American tourist, Charles from Colorado, acknowledged the decline, but has not let it affect his European holiday. \u003cbr/\u003e\"I think everything over here is more expensive,\" he said. \"But that's the way it is, so if you're going to come over here, you just have to expect it and live with it.\"\u003cbr/\u003eAmerican tourists are not the only ones feeling the pinch of the weakening dollar, but American businesses in Europe are as well.\u003cbr/\u003eMarcel Claes, a Chief Executive at the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium, said that US businesses are struggling to compete with the rising euro and the cost of operating in a higher priced environment. \u003cbr/\u003e\"For US companies with operations in Europe, the situation is such that, of course, they are operating in a higher cost environment, especially with the rising Euro, and that's why their competitiveness is suffering a little bit, from that higher euro,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003eHowever, while the weak dollar may diminish the purchase power of US visitors to Europe, some commentators have noted a rise in the number of Europeans travelling to the states.\u003cbr/\u003eOlivier Vandenbroucke, Managing Director at USA Travel, a specialist travel agency in Brussels, said that his business has seen a dramatic increase in European passengers going to America. \u003cbr/\u003e\"From the beginning of the season, we've seen a huge rise in the number of passengers travelling to the United States,\" he said. \u003cbr/\u003e\"The euro/dollar exchange rate is probably one of the reasons, and the other reason would probably be the media talking about the euro/dollar thing and how the dollar is now cheap.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe euro was down against the US dollar on Wednesday, a day after it breached 1.60 US dollars to a record high.\u003cbr/\u003eIn late-morning trading the 15-nation 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