April 19, 2017 - Safe Travels Magazine

Quick Read: TSA airport security in the USA: They broke my zip and allowed my bag to travel open on flights

News TeamApril 19, 2017

Travelling from the small airport of Eugene in Oregon, US, to Melbourne via LAX, I was about to step on the plane when the woman who had checked me in earlier w...

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Quick Read: UN staff taken hostage by South Sudanese refugees released unharmed

News TeamApril 19, 2017

The 13 United Nations mission staff that were taken hostage by a group of 100 unarmed South Sudanese refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been ...

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

Quick Read: What Trump’s First 100 Days Tell Us About Travel’s Next Four Years

News TeamApril 19, 2017

When Donald Trump was elected U.S. President in November, there was quite a bit of optimism in the travel industry that having a luxury hotelier in the Oval Office would help advance the goals of both the U.S. as an international destination and U.S....

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Quick Read: Tourist fell asleep and got stuck in bus from Keflavik Airport

News TeamApril 19, 2017

Australian tourist Hanna Pethani fell asleep on the bus from Keflavik Airport to Reykjavik. To her great distress she woke up in complete darkness in an empty b...

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Quick Read: Chinese tourist hit by car in Rotorua transferred to Waikato Hospital

News TeamApril 19, 2017

The incident happened near Countdown about 6.30pm on Monday. Manager of Ascot on Fenton, Frank Lau, said he heard a boom and lots of screaming.... Read full ar...

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

Quick Read: Stinger suit fails to protect tourist stung by irukandji

News TeamApril 19, 2017

A TOURIST looking to relax in the Whitsundays has had his holiday rudely interrupted by a potentially deadly irukandji jellyfish sting. Thankfully, the 19-year-old Sydney man, hailing from Maroubra, pulled out all the stops to get the help he despera...

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Quick Read: Missing Frenchman – ‘Arthur’s Facebook Messenger account still activated’

News TeamApril 19, 2017

The French Embassy in Dhaka on Tuesday said the Facebook Messenger account of Arthur Angé, a Frenchman who has reportedly been missing for at least the last 12 ...

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Quick Read: Measles outbreak in Sydney worsens, more expected after Blue Mountains Hospital case

News TeamApril 19, 2017

Health authorities say the measles outbreak in western Sydney has worsened, with 16 cases so far, and more likely. It brings the number of measles cases across...

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Feature: Anitha Karthik at Edinburgh Napier University – Storm surge: the misunderstood threat that can be as deadly as a tsunami

Feature: Dr Monica H Swahn at Georgia State University – Counterfeit alcohol is a growing concern for tourists abroad

Feature Robert McCabe at Coventry University – Gulf of Oman attacks: how merchant ships can keep safe in dangerous waters

Day: 19 April 2017

Quick Read: TSA airport security in the USA: They broke my zip and allowed my bag to travel open on flights

Quick Read: UN staff taken hostage by South Sudanese refugees released unharmed

Quick Read: What Trump’s First 100 Days Tell Us About Travel’s Next Four Years

Quick Read: Tourist fell asleep and got stuck in bus from Keflavik Airport

Quick Read: Chinese tourist hit by car in Rotorua transferred to Waikato Hospital

Quick Read: Stinger suit fails to protect tourist stung by irukandji

Quick Read: Missing Frenchman – ‘Arthur’s Facebook Messenger account still activated’

Quick Read: Measles outbreak in Sydney worsens, more expected after Blue Mountains Hospital case

Ghana: Two Canadian women abducted on Monday in Kumasi, Uber driver detained

Travel Advice: State Department urges people to ‘reconsider travel’ to Burkina Faso due to terrorism, crime, and kidnapping

Travel Advice: FCO warns of terror threats against Western targets in Afghanistan, especially in Kabul

Travel Advice: State Dept warns militants in Afghanistan plan vehicle-borne bombings against American targets

Travel Advice: FCO warns visitors to Jamaica as states of emergency extended due to shootings

Travel Advice: Canadian Government updates travel warning regarding crime threat to visitors in Vietnam