Terrorists strike tourists in Egypt...again. At least 30 people have been
killed, 114 injured today when a truck bomb blew up the Hilton hotel in Taba, Egypt, a resort town in the Sinai. A concurrent
explosion occurred nearby in Nuweiba, Egypt, and early casualty reports there are 4 dead, 40 wounded. The apparent target? The many Israeli families who were vacationing in the area, celebrating Simchas Torah. The less-apparent target? The $4 billion/year 7 million people/year
Egyptian tourism industry, a
crucial part of that country's economy. While this is
not the first time that tourists from Israel have been singled out worldwide, it's also part of a decade-long pattern of
mass-casualty terrorist attacks against tourists from multiple countries within Egypt. Keeping in mind that one of the most devastating economic after-effects of 9/11 was the blow it dealt to
air travel and
tourism worldwide, not to mention
close calls and
tragic events at famed tourist
destinations, is
tourism-terrorism going to become the wave of the future?
posted by Asparagirl
on Oct 7, 2004 -
27 comments
Visit Madison, Indiana. Why? We're not New York City! Sure you can be opportunistic about selling
gas masks if you're an internet entrepreneur, but what if you're a small town in Indiana and you want to cash in on fear of terrorism. Why, tout what you don't have, of course.
"A safe place to visit...When you visit Madison you will discover that we have no tall buildings to fear, no nuclear power plants, airports or anything anyone would want to blow up."
posted by m@
on Aug 15, 2003 -
16 comments
Watch those Waterway in Florida says the U.S. Coast Guard. Possible terrorist threats include drawing or taking photographs of the shore, being near the shore for a long time, and under no circumstances would any law abiding citizen be doing something as daring and thoroughly terrorist-like as
renting a boat.
posted by benjh
on Aug 23, 2002 -
37 comments
