BOTM Security Issues

August 2008

2008-08-12T19:35:00.002+01:00

'Antigua not safe' say islanders.

Brisbane Airport lets "bomb" bag through security.

July 2008

2008-07-09T22:00:00.010+01:00

Crime fears hindering South Africa tourism growth.

Turkey-bound Brits unflustered by bomb blasts.

Gun attack honeymooners' families head for Antigua.

Gaping hole in Qantas jet causes mid-air drama and emergency landing.

Bomb attacks in Spanish resorts.

N. Korea stonewalls probe of S. Korean tourist shooting.

Goa is safe for tourists, say UK tour operators.

PKK kidnaps 3 German tourists in east Turkey.

Operators insist standards tighter since Corfu tragedy.

Bali remains a terror target, says former Bali police chief and candidate for governor.

Study finds safest seat on airline.

June 2008

2008-06-04T21:05:00.006+01:00

Tibet reopens to foreign tourism.

Brit dies after suspected food poisoning at Lake Garda hotel.

Algeria to deploy 1,000 officers to protect tourism sites.

Group of 31 tourists robbed at gunpoint in Brazil.

Myanmar lays down tourism restoration plan after cyclone.

Armed pirates terrify vacationers, plunder islands' tourism economy.

Haiti's tourism dreams deferred by riots.

May08

2008-05-19T21:38:00.012+01:00

Malaria likely to affect tourism.

Train kills drugged US tourist in Rome.

Earthquake shakes China tourism industry.

Unknown Islamic group threatens more blasts in tourist India.

Fuse leaves Table Mountain tourists high and dry.

Two fingerprints for non-US citizens are no longer enough.

Indian man gets life term for raping tourist.

Two Japanese tourists kidnapped in Yemen.

Yemen tourism industry affected by terrorist events, says tourism official.

US issues Beijing Olympics travel warning.

Bus crash in Egypt kills nine tourists.

Apr08

2008-04-13T20:23:00.005+01:00

Kenya: Unlikely guests save country's tourism.

Dengue fever blunts Brazil's tourism boom.

Ecuador specialist vows to continue tours.

Authorities at Orlando Airport nabbed pipe-bomber.

Mar08

2008-03-14T21:53:00.009Z

Tourists 'ignorant' of NZ dangers.

Austrian hostage deadline extended by week.

Tibet a no-go zone as tourists hole up in hotels.

Murder rocks peaceful island of Phuket.

Greek authorities act over carbon monoxide deaths.

Man charged over Heathrow alert.

India's plan to draft ex-armymen to tackle tourist-related crimes.

Another Asian health scare - TB fears on Cathay Pacific.

Farc frees four tourists in Colombia.

Feb08

2008-02-10T21:02:00.012Z

British tourist has penis chopped in Caribbean.

One French, 6 Colombian tourists injured as hot air balloons crash in Luxor.

Two Russian tourists hospitalized in Jerusalem after drinking unidentified beverage.

Yemen's tourist sector hit by al Qaeda attacks.

Five foreign tourists detained for taking part in protests in Peru.

SITA receives US government approval to transmit passenger data at check-in.

Snow storms cost China's tourism sector nearly $1 bln.

Kenya tourism plans for the future.

Thomson and Cook pay £2.5m compensation to tourists who fell ill.

Fiji is a safe destination for tourists, says WITIA.

Thomson and TC in massive compensation payout.

Charter flights resume to Kenya.

British tourists warned of bomb risks in Sri Lanka.

Uganda: Tourism booms as security scare ceases.

Journalist clears security with fake bomb and narcotics.

Kenya: Tourism earnings to drop by 60 percent, says KTB.

Jan08

2008-01-04T20:15:00.001Z

A year after violent uprising, Oaxaca hopes for tourism rebound.

Strong wind warnings to remain for Fiji.

Tsunami victims still suffer – Tourism Concern.

German tourist and businessman battered to death in Kenyan resort town.

Kenya's tourism rivals on continent record boom.

Hadramout attack on tourists severely affected tourism in Yemen.

Two German tourists lose their lives in Cape Town Table Mountain.

Murder inquiry to opened into Cornish hotel arson.

Foreign Office relaxes Kenya travel advice.

Airliner crash-lands at Heathrow.

Kenya holidays remain suspended.

Sexual assaults on foreigners threaten Indian tourism.

Goa is safe for tourists: Government.

Fears of terrorism keeping tourists away from Pakistan.

Ban on UK-Kenya charter flights.

Kenyan tourism loses 31 million euros as 90% of January hotel bookings cancelled.

Kiwi conman had it all on tourists' expense.

Managing Kenya’s tourism crisis.

Industry slams government handling of luggage rules.

Operators to decide on Kenya holidays suspension.

Most areas of Iraq 'safe for tourists and investors'.

Operators suspend tours to Kenya.

Tourism suffers in Kenya's post-election violence.

The curse of the cruise industry?

Updated statement by Kenya Tourism Federation.

Operators suspend tours to Kenya.

Kenya tourism could 'collapse overnight'.

Kenya travel warning over 'serious unrest'.

BAA airport workers have voted to strike again.

No tourists hurt in Kenya election chaos.

US search for passengers who sat close to TB victim on American Airlines flight.

Dec07

2007-12-08T22:43:00.001Z

Tourists beaten in Belfast gang robbery.

Luxury liner hit by sickness bug.

Tourists not safe in 'incredible India'.

US travel industry lauds Congress for action to improve security.

Mauritania seeks three in tourist killings.

Fiji cyclone hitting tourism sector.

Nov07

2007-11-19T20:17:00.000Z

Cruise ship sinking in Antarctic, no injured reported.

Industry faces multimillion-pound bill for improved security.

Sri Lanka tourism earnings hit by war worries - official.

1997 deaths changed Egyptian tourists.

Reversal of hand luggage restrictions welcomed - but concern over wider security measures.

Hand baggage limits 'to be lifted in new year'.

EC adopts new proposals to protect citizens against terrorism.

Tourist airlift operation begins in Antarctic.

Airline e-ticketing racket busted.

Three Italian tourists killed in Egyptian accident.

Oct07

2007-10-08T10:46:00.000+01:00

Six tourists and two local guides killed in Thailand.

German tourist jailed for drunken threats.

French tourist says he was kidnapped for cash.

Tourists hurt in Maldives blast.

Sep07

2007-09-10T17:22:00.000+01:00

Queensland moves to reduce tourism drownings>

Committee looks at cruise security.

South Korea gets tough on sex tourism.

Second suspected tourist killer in court.

Rapes and sexual assault rife on high seas.

Shannon Airport sees three diverted planes, four arrests in one day.

Terrorism is biggest threat to Olympics says China.

Travel industry still tackling reforms after 9/11.

APEC security 'has harmed Sydney image'.

Mozambique: Tourism back on its feet after 'Favio' cyclone.

Andaman tsunami tourism plan backfiring - industry.

Tourists flee as Felix nears Honduras.

Thai convicted of tourist murders.

Netherlands failing to tackle sex tourism.

Dozens injured in Bangkok luxury hotel blaze.

Aug07

2007-08-31T20:21:00.000+01:00

Foreign tourists stabbed near Tiananmen Square.

Tourism dodges a major blow from Dean.

Cancun spared full might of Hurricane Dean.

Officials seek airline passengers in new TB scare.

Foot and mouth adds to UK tourism 'litany of woe'.

Terrorism fears inhibit Yemeni tourism.

Former All Black subdues violent passenger on Air NZ flight.

Forest fires threaten European destinations.

Tourism sector strengthens defences against avian flu.

Jul07

2007-07-04T09:27:00.000+01:00

UK parliament calls for streamlining of airport security.

IATA calls for harmonised airport security.

Cruise cut short after passengers hospitalised.

Colombia says tourism growing despite war risks.

Warn Palm Beach tourists and they'll return.

Thailand conducts full scale tsunami evacuation drill.

Moroccans say security fears hurting tourism.

Tourism fears as heatwave sparks fires across Greece.

British Hospitality Association wants government help for flood-hit tourism.

South African tourist minister acknowledges crime deters visitors.

Packages should warn about risk of hurricanes.

Bulgaria's tourist image tarnished by rapes.

BA optimistic on security plans.

Safety warning issued after experts predict worse than average hurricane season.

Brazilian gunmen rob British women tourists.

Air New Zealand moves to add security cameras in aircraft cabins.

UK government dismisses gripes about security costs.

America's war on tourists: How the US hurts itself.

Suspicious cabin baggage sees bomb scare on Etihad.

Steam railway's £2m flood damage.

Holidaymakers evacuated from Skiathos forest fires.

Samoa tourism benefiting from Fiji coup.

US airports aim to speed up security queues.

Tourists flee Greek island fires.

'Britanny ferry bomb plot averted'.

Namibian police continue hunt for German tourist's killers.

Complacency over malaria poses a major health threat to travellers.

Singapore's dengue epidemic reaches new high.

Travellers beware: complete duty-free ban for onward flights in Thailand under new security restrictions.

US warns tourists of Naples waste.

ABTA launches Family Safe Holidays service.

Yemen: no cancellations.

High costs bigger threat to UK visits than terror.

Europeans see hassles in US entry.

Terror threat fails to deter British from flying.

Table Mountain tourists mugged.

Brown warning over security delays.

Gangs target foreign tourists at Stockholm's Arlanda airport.

Online agency denies overseas bookings hit by terror alerts.

'Would you be happy to go through biometric security checks in airports?' - survey results

UK security alerts triggers upsurge in domestic holiday enquiries.

UNWTO condemns attacks on tourists in Yemen.

Sri Lankan tourism industry pleads for help.

Heathrow faces disruption after alert.

Man cautioned after Stansted airport alert.

Spanish tourists killed in Yemen by suicide bomber.

Travellers at US airports face tighter security.

Blazing car crashes into Glasgow terminal building.

Security alert at Ibiza airport.