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Articles tagged “travel warning”

Skift Originals

U.S. lifts controversial travel warning about Machu Picchu

Did the kidnapping threat ever exist? Has the danger passed? Embassy officials aren't saying, but the tourism gates are back open apparently.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 11 years ago

U.S. lifts controversial travel warning about Machu Picchu

Tourism

Peruvian officials dispute U.S. emergency travel warning for Cuzco

U.S. officers are required by law to let an embassy know about any potential threat they come across, which has led embassies to over-share information while following a better-safe-than-sorry policy.

Frank Bajak, Associated Press | 11 years ago

Peruvian officials dispute U.S. emergency travel warning for Cuzco

Tourism

U.S. bans officials from visiting Machu Picchu for fear of kidnapping plot

The U.S. issued an emergency message for citizens at the same time it issued the ban, but the difference in severity of the two messages highlights the department’s protocol for leaving travel decisions ultimately in the hand of the individuals.

John Quigley, Bloomberg | 11 years ago

U.S. bans officials from visiting Machu Picchu for fear of kidnapping plot

Skift Originals

This was the US travel warning issued to Americans in Europe during World War II

The speed in which American citizens can be alerted to violent outbreaks, natural disasters, and safety hazards abroad today is just one the significant ways that technology has changed the way we travel.

Samantha Shankman, Skift | 11 years ago

Tourism

Egyptian uprisings prompt U.S. to issue short-term travel alert

Travel alerts are issued to address short-term problem, in this case stemming from the anniversary of the January 25 Revolution. Regardless of the warning, travelers have been slow to return since the Arab Spring.

Skift | 11 years ago

Egyptian uprisings prompt U.S. to issue short-term travel alert

Tourism

State Department renews travel warning for Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to pull out

The travel warning issued Tuesday supersedes an earlier alert released in June 2012 in anticipation of extra-adventurous tourists looking to be the first inside the country without America’s overwhelming presence.

Skift | 11 years ago

State Department renews travel warning for Afghanistan as U.S. troops prepare to pull out

Tourism

Travel warnings, alerts, and emergencies: How the U.S. decides it’s too dangerous to go

The State Department is implicit in its intent to keep warnings politically neutral, but their alerts, often picked up by other governments, carry heavy implications for the targeted country.

Skift | 11 years ago

Travel warnings, alerts, and emergencies: How the U.S. decides it’s too dangerous to go