Wednesday, March 23, 2016

How safe is your holiday? MAPPED: Tourist hotspots with TERROR threat levels now at HIGH


Those include the horror blasts in Belgium, when Brussels was targeted by a number of explosions, leaving many dead.
Both the city's airport and nearby metro station was hit in the latest atrocity.
The north European country was already on high alert following the attacks in Paris some months before.
Germany is the latest nation on the continent to have its risk rating increased by the Foreign Office.
The country last year saw the cancellation of an international fixture with Holland after receiving information of a planned attack similar to the Islamic State assault on Paris in November.
Nations surrounding the Mediterranean sea also face major warnings, with Morocco the latest to get the most severe rating.
That decision was made in November after the African nation helped raid an ISIS terror cell.
Winter sun favourite Egypt is also among the danger zones, with many families chosing to dodge Sharm el-Sheikh after the Russian plane crash which killed all 224 people on board when it plumeted into the desert in Sinai.
ISIS claimed responsibility for that attack.
The Mediterranean coast has a number of dangerous zones that are regularly visited by holidaymakers both across Europe and Africa.
The Foreign Office changed its risk levels for Tunisia, advising people not to travel to the south and western areas, following the killing of 37 on a tourist beach. 
France, which saw horrific terror attack in Paris in November, was already at high risk level since the Charlie Hebdo attacks, six months ago. 
Spain - which sees 12 million Brits visiting each year to sunny destinations such as Ibiza, Majorca, Barcelona and the Costa Del Sol - has also had its threat level heightened by the British Government.

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