European countries and Canada will boost their defence spending for the fifth year in a row in 2019, latest NATO figures show, as allies convene in Brussels on Wednesday to discuss burden sharing and "Russia's continuing violation" of a ballistic treaty.

European countries have been repeatedly admonished by US President Donald Trump since his election for not spending at least 2% of their GDP on defence expenditures.

Most will once again fail to reach that particular threshold this year with only six European countries expected to respect the NATO pledge. They are Greece, Estonia, the UK, Romania, Poland and Latvia.

NATO "Defence Expenditure of NATO Countries (2012-2019)

Still, spending by European countries and Canada is forecast to increase by 3.9% overall with every state — bar Croatia and Belgium — seen boostingin dire need of a redesign:

Alaska state tourism website: 2007

What an improvement! The new site is much more modern and appealing:

Alaska state tourism website: 2009

Arizona

The old site was mediocre in terms of design and overdid it with the desert color scheme (yes, we get it — Arizona is dusty):

Arizona state tourism website: 2007

For some reason no one at the tourism has felt the need to do much at all with the site since. If anything, the layout of the home page has taken a step backwards:

Arizona state tourism website: 2009

Arkansas

Arkansas’ tourism site has undergone a transformation, going from an ancient-looking:

Arkansas state tourism website: 2007

To a much more modern, vibrant, content-rich (and yes, very yellow) design:

Arkansas state tourism website: 2009

California

I liked the California site before, even though the home