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Thailand: Crime targeting tourists affecting industry

According to the Bangkok Post, “The increasing number of crimes targeting foreign tourists will seriously damage the image of Thailand’s tourism industry unless the state beefs up preventive measures.” Read Article

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COPA AIR jet runs off runway Quito Ecuador

An airliner from COPA lost runway at Mariscal Sucre in Quito, said the director general of civil aviation, Fernando Guerrero, in his Twitter account (@ guerrerofer71). The airport authority also announced the temporary closure of the airport to check the conditions. The aircraft is on the north end of the capital’s airport. Still unknown details […]

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Australia: Four tourists from France victims of racist outburst for singing in French

Bus passengers ganged up on some French tourists, even threatening to kill them, on an Australian bus after they started singing a French song. A shocked passenger caught the racist outburst as several people hurled verbal abuse at four French girls on a bus in Melbourne on Sunday at 10.30pm. As they sung, a female […]

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U.S. tourist killed by security forces after shooting and killing a hotel worker in Israel

Lavanguardia.com reported an American tourist has opened fire at an Israeli hotel in the Red Sea resort, in the city of Eilat, and has killed at least one person, police confirmed. “An American tourist has opened fire on the Leonardo Club Eilat, killing one person,” said the police spokesman, Micky Rosenfeld. The reasons for the […]

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Paris, France: British tourist spotted fifteen year old running away with a teacher

A BRITISH tourist told last night how she spotted runaway Megan Stammers in Paris. Brigitte Ripley, 73, said she recognised a top the 15-year-old was wearing while strolling hand-in-hand with teacher Jeremy Forrest on the Champs-Elysees last Sunday. Read article

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Italy: drunken Norwegian tourist discovered sleeping on luggage belt, x-rayed

Stories about holidaymakers losing their bags can lead to anxiety for many passengers. But for one drunk Norwegian tourist recently this wasn’t an issue – he simply decided to join his bag. The 36-year-old man fell asleep on the baggage belt at Rome’s Fiumicino airport and travelled 160 feet before he was identified by an […]

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U.S. citizen fined by U.S. Treasury for unauthorized trip to Cuba

A New York man agreed Tuesday to pay a $6,500 fine to settle a long-running dispute with the U.S. Treasury Department over a trip he made to Cuba as an unauthorized tourist 14 years ago. Read Article

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Croatia: tourists evacuated from Adriatic coast due to fires

Croatia has evacuated more than 1,500 tourists from the Adriatic coast as a blaze there claimed the life of one firefighter. On Monday, a 45-year-old firefighter died while extinguishing a blaze that broke out near Moscenicka Draga, on Croatia’s Istria peninsula, an official told national television. The fire broke out in the early morning in […]

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Tourist speaks out about shark attack in Florida

A tourist has spoken out about a shark attack on a Florida holiday that nearly killed her. German holidaymaker, Karin Ulrike Stei, is finally walking again after a shark took a huge chunk out of her thigh two months ago in waters off Vero Beach in Florida. According to the Daily Mail, she said the […]

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Florida: Man and son saves tourist from drowning

A day at the beach with dad turned into a day one father and son won’t soon forget. They ended up saving the life of a struggling swimmer. It was a dangerous weekend along our local beaches. Lifeguards reporting one rescue after another, from Palm Beach County to the Treasure Coast. Tristan Ersberger: He was […]

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