As reported by travel.state.gov, “The Department of State warns U.S. citizens of the risks of traveling to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Congo-Kinshasa) (DRC). The Department strongly recommends you avoid all travel to the city of Goma and the province of North Kivu, and all but essential travel to the province of South Kivu and the Ituri region in the province of Oriental. Because of ongoing instability and violence, the Department’s ability to provide consular services to U.S. citizens in these regions of the DRC is extremely limited. ” Read Article
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According to iol.co.za, “A Chinese tourist has been killed by a hippopotamus near Lake Naivasha in Kenya’s Great Riff Valley, medics said on Monday. The woman, said to be in her 30s, was attacked by a hippo mother after trying to take photos of a baby hippo, the Standard newspaper reported. ” Read Article
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As covered by ewn.co.za, “Western Cape Emergency Service rescue teams are searching for a Canadian tourist who went missing while hiking on Nuwerust farm trail in the Cederberg Mountains near Clanwilliam.” Read Article
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According to gov.uk, “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to the following parts of Sudan: Darfur, the Red Sea State border with Eritrea; the Abyei region; Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states…The FCO believes terrorists are planning to kidnap westerners in Sudan, probably in Khartoum. There is also a general threat […]
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As covered by mg.co.za, “The tourists are of “Chinese origin,” according to a statement from the Kruger National Park. One of the tourists said he was from Hong Kong, according to a hospital official. An elephant in the park attacked the vehicle on a road at 6.30am on Monday, and a medical team in a […]
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On April 11 2013, as reported by Almogas.com a 26-year-old Austrian tourists Steven Vagen was found dead at his hotel room at a small villages south of Hurghada in Egypt. According to Hurghada police Steven’s girlfriend said that they got some types of traditional sex-stimulant pills known as the “stone of hell” from a stranger […]
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As reported by bbc.co.uk A slump in the number of visitors to Tunisia since the country’s revolution has forced those in the tourism industry to rethink their businesses. Read Article
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According to www.gov.uk, “The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) advise against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland. Any British nationals in Somalia should leave. There is a high threat from terrorism, including kidnapping, throughout Somalia. Terrorist groups have made threats against Westerners and those working for Western organisations. The FCO believes that terrorists are in […]
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According to www.news24.com, “A United States tourist was airlifted off Table Mountain on Thursday morning after losing her way on a hike, a Western Cape health department official said.Emergency medical services spokesperson Keri Davids said a tour guide was walking near Kasteelspoort around 09:00 on Thursday when he heard a woman’s voice.” Read Article
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As reported by indian-ocean-times.com, “A serious road accident has occurred yesterday afternoon on the highway at La Vigie in the south of Mauritius, which has killed an 80-year old tourist from Reunion. The wife of the victim and the Mauritian driver were also severely injured in this accident and were transported in critical conditions to […]
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