Tourism Under Pressure
By Kevin Rozario, eTN
The revelation that Nigerian national, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who allegedly planned to blow up a transatlantic aircraft on December 25, was trained by al-Qaeda in Yemen, placed intense internation
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Airline Industry
By Lisa Stark
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano briefed reporters today on her trip last week to Europe to meet with foreign airline and European government officials to discuss ways to boo
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Terrorism and Right to Privacy
By eTN Staff Writer
A United Nations independent human rights expert on Tuesday countered the notion that counter-terrorism needs must always outweigh the right to privacy, calling for a new framework to ensure that infr
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UK
By DAVID STRINGER
LONDON – Britain's government said Wednesday it would create a new terrorist no-fly list, target specific airline passengers for tougher security checks and suspend some international flights in res
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Security Enhanced At Entebbe Airport
By Wolfgang H. Thome, eTN
In view of apparently dropping passenger numbers, which aviation observers connect and attribute to the recent threats made against Air Uganda, the Ugandan Inspector General of Police made a public st
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India's Tourism
By Gethin Chamberlain
India is facing an uphill battle to restore confidence in its tourism industry after a number of countries – including the UK – issued warnings to their citizens that they could be targeted in ter
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Tourism in Iraq
By Andrew Princz, ontheglobe.com for eTN
Being one of the leading voices of Iraqi tourism and a crusader of the return that country's pillaged and looted antiquities might sound like a thankless task. But to Bahaa Mayah, its a mission.
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Tourism Resilience
By David Beirman, eTN Travel and Tourism Security Expert
The tourism industry worldwide began 2009 well prepared for a bumpy ride. The days of confused and panicked reactions to risk and crises are gradually fading into the past.
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The Year That Was 2009
By Dr. Peter Tarlow, Tourism & More, Inc.
The dawn of a new year almost always means hopes for a better year than the year that has just passed.
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Israel
Israel - The Prime Minister's Office Counter Terrorism Bureau on Tuesday canceled the travel advisory for India under which Israelis were recommended to avoid popular tourist spots and not to congrega
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Travel Trends
By BETH J. HARPAZ
Remember getting through an airport without removing your shoes, dumping your water bottle or showing ID?
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Cyber-crime and Cyber-terrorism
By David Beirman, eTN Crisis Expert
I recently accepted an invitation to be a keynote speaker at an upcoming International Tourism Security and Safety Summit conference, which will take place in Cairo 17-21 October, and the invitation g
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Jakarta Hotel Bombings
JAKARTA, Indonesia – When bomb blasts tore through two luxury hotels in Indonesia's capital where Andi Suhandi worked as a florist, he tried to phone a colleague to make sure he was safe.
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Africa Terrorism
By Xie Meihua, Xinhua
Mauritanian capital Nouakchott witnessed a suicide bomb explosion on Saturday evening, the first of its kind in the country, highlighting that the northwestern African country is facing serious challe
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Australia Tourism Safety
By Jeff Wilks
According to a new report published last week in the Journal of Travel Medicine, Australia is a safe destination for overseas visitors – at least in terms of tourist fatalities by other than natural
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Refocusing From Terrorism To Tourism
By Srilal Miththapala
With the ending of the war against terrorism and Sri Lanka’s ground security situation rapidly returning to normalcy, there is certainly considerable focus and interest on the tourism sector, which
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Yemen Terrorism
By Hazel Heyer, eTN Staff Writer
According to a Yemeni official, nine foreigners missing in Yemen, including seven Germans, a British and South Korean, have all turned up dead.
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Terrorism
By presstv.ir
Iranian security officials successfully manage to defuse a bomb on a Tehran-bound passenger airliner, averting what could have been a major airborne catastrophe.
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How Bizarre Is Bizarre? Paranoia In London
By guardian.co.uk
Austrian tourist who photographed bus and Tube stations says 'nasty incident' has put him off returning to London.
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Greece Anarchy
By Nicole Itano, The Christian Science Monitor
ATHENS - The shooting of a Greek policeman Monday escalates a simmering conflict between police and leftist groups – and raises new concern over a resurgence of the militant left in a country with a
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