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Title – UK says UAE terror risk is ‘high’
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 16th June 2008
Maintaining regular and up-to-date information on your destinations is an essential part of travel planning. Situations change from one day to the next; sometimes these changes should lead to changes in your travel plans and sometimes they should just make you more aware when you arrive.
That the Foreign Office have publicised this update in advice for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) so widely should certainly make travellers take it seriously as this is not common practice and certainly not for a country that has so far avoided any serious terrorist related attack and become a major tourist destination for travellers from the UK.
For the risk from terrorism to be moved to ‘High’ generally reflects the fact that there is a ‘known’ threat suggested by intelligence information. With the amount of business and the number of tourists travelling to UAE, you can be sure that the Foreign Office does not take the subject of souring the relationship with the kingdom lightly.
The FCO website should be the first stop for any travel planning; the second should be Beyond The Blue. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop will provide you with a wealth of information on planning your travels and on travelling safely. We will help you to make your decisions based on sound judgement following your own research and direct you in the most effective ways to plan your trip and revise it as you go along.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com or join us on Facebook. For a complete list of Blog entries visit our National Press Archive page.
Source – www.bbc.co.uk
Date – 16th June 2008
Maintaining regular and up-to-date information on your destinations is an essential part of travel planning. Situations change from one day to the next; sometimes these changes should lead to changes in your travel plans and sometimes they should just make you more aware when you arrive.
That the Foreign Office have publicised this update in advice for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) so widely should certainly make travellers take it seriously as this is not common practice and certainly not for a country that has so far avoided any serious terrorist related attack and become a major tourist destination for travellers from the UK.
For the risk from terrorism to be moved to ‘High’ generally reflects the fact that there is a ‘known’ threat suggested by intelligence information. With the amount of business and the number of tourists travelling to UAE, you can be sure that the Foreign Office does not take the subject of souring the relationship with the kingdom lightly.
The FCO website should be the first stop for any travel planning; the second should be Beyond The Blue. Our Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop will provide you with a wealth of information on planning your travels and on travelling safely. We will help you to make your decisions based on sound judgement following your own research and direct you in the most effective ways to plan your trip and revise it as you go along.
Please visit our website at www.safegapyear.com or join us on Facebook. For a complete list of Blog entries visit our National Press Archive page.
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