Day: 11 January 2019

Travel Advice: French authorities expecting large Yellow Jackets (Gilets Jaunes) protests this weekend – advice and info

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

More Gilets Jaunes protests are planned across France this weekend - the ninth weekend of protests. Last weekend there were demonstrations in La Rochelle, Borde...

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Quick Read: More Countries Requiring Tourists Purchase Travel Insurance

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

As tourism has grown, so has the hospitalization and medical cost many countries have had to cover for vacationers who required healthcare services while visiti...

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Quick Read: Sleeping Subway Rider Has Backpack Snatched, Gets $500 Facebook Ransom Demand for Car Title

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Authorities are looking for a man who allegedly snatched a backpack from a 19-year-old straphanger snoozing on a subway Christmas day and then sent him a Facebook message demanding $500 ransom for the car title that was inside. The young victim was s...

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Quick Read: Security ramps up to protect tourists following UK woman’s robbery

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

New security measures are to be implemented to ensure the safety of all tourists, including cruise passengers, who visit this country.... Read the full article ...

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Quick Read: Edinburgh man badly hurt as glider crashes in South Africa

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

AN Edinburgh man has been seriously injured in a horror air crash in South Africa after his glider smashed through a fence before crash-landing on a farm outsid...

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Quick Read: TSA union: Officers quitting over shutdown, posing threat to passenger safety

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

As the partial government shutdown continues, federal workers might miss this week's paychecks. The federal agency tasked with guaranteeing U.S. airport security acknowledged an increase in the number of its employees calling off work. (Jan. 7) AP......

The latest news on China from Safe Travels Magazine, offering travellers and travel safety professionals information, news, advice and insights to help keep travellers safe.

Quick Read: China’s arrest of Kovrig, Spavor sends chill through US academics

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Beijing’s detention of two Canadians – including the political analyst Michael Kovrig – has sent a “chill” through American researchers studying China, even if ...

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Quick Read: Traveller arrives at airport for Malaga flight to discover travel agent failed to book tickets

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

A British man was left “frustrated” and “angry” after he arrived at the airport for a flight to Malaga, only to find the online travel agent he’d gone through h...

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Quick Read: Travel warning: Drug-resistant Pseudomonas infections linked to surgeries in Tijuana, Mexico

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a travel notice for Tijuana, Mexico after some US residents who retuned were diagnosed with infections caused by an antibiotic-resistant form of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria.... Read t...

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Quick Read: Extreme cold weather alert issued for Toronto

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Toronto’s medical officer of health has issued a warning ahead of extreme cold weather Thursday in Toronto. Environment Canada says it could feel like -20 C by ...

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Quick Read: Drones are causing airport chaos – why can’t we stop them?

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

For the second time in less than a month, suspected drone sightings have shut down a UK airport. On 8 January flights out of London Heathrow were suspended for ...

Quick Read: Victorian hiker found alive and well at Jamieson campsite after police search

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

A hiker from Melbourne feared missing in bushland near Mansfield in Victoria's north-east has been found by police after he left on a solo camping trip four days ago.... Read the full article at the publisher's site: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-...

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Quick Read: Avalanche bursts into Swiss hotel as heavy snow hits Europe

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

An avalanche engulfed a Swiss hotel as heavy snow battered Europe’s ski resorts. Three people were injured in the avalanche and Hotel Säntis confirmed that ther...

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Quick Read: Cape Town Taxify driver attacked twice in one night

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Spokesperson Noloyiso Rwexana said the driver, 28, had picked up passengers in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, on Tuesday night. Taxify picks up people who order a ...

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Quick Read: DRC opposition candidate Fayulu to file election result challenge

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) losing presidential candidate Martin Fayulu has announced he would file a court challenge to the election results, with his camp announcing he had won 62 percent of the vote.... Read the full article at the pub...

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Quick Read: Scientist tags shark that killed United States tourist off Cocos Island

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

In November 2017, a tiger shark killed a tourist from the United States and injured a Costa Rican guide during a dive off Cocos Island.... Read the full article...

Quick Read: Venomous Portuguese men-of-war invade NC beach. Even the dead ones sting, cops warn

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Some popular North Carolina beaches have been strewn with venomous Portuguese men-of-war in recent days, prompting a warning from the town of Emerald Isle that ...

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Quick Read: French tourist injured as parasail ride lands on Phuket tour boat

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Thalang Police were notified the incident at 5:25pm. The tourist, identified by her passport as French national Line Claudine Robinet, 57, suffered a broken left arm, a broken hip and injuries to her left knee, police confirmed.... Read the full arti...

Quick Read: A toadfish attacked and injured two tourists at Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

“Independent testing has suggested a fish was responsible in this instance, not a shark,” a spokesman for Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told AAP News...

Quick Read: Passengers on diverted Ryanair flight forced to catch bus 770km to Greece

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

For about 200 passengers, the flight from London, UK to Thessaloniki in northern Greece took almost 24 hours. Foggy conditions in Thessaloniki airport led Ryana...

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Quick Read: Two Cruise Lines Skip Amsterdam Over Passenger Tax

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Two cruise lines have decided to skip port calls in Amsterdam in protest over the city's new tax on transit passengers. The new tax, a flat $9 fee per passenger per day for sea and river cruise ships making port calls, is intended to offset tourism's...

Job: Strategic Communications Analyst (RBM Partnership to End Malaria) for the UNOPS

News TeamJanuary 11, 2019

Role: Strategic Communications Analyst for RBM Partnership to End Malaria Company: UNOPS Location: Geneva, Switzerland Deadline:...