asperity Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Anyone going to Greece this year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Just like in Egypt, both sides know that their tourist industry is far too valuable to put at risk. I doubt you'd see any trouble in the holiday hotspots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P J Posted June 15, 2011 Report Share Posted June 15, 2011 Just like in Egypt, both sides know that their tourist industry is far too valuable to put at risk. I doubt you'd see any trouble in the holiday hotspots. You are right that would never happen http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/17/newsid_2519000/2519581.stm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Think you'll find most of the "tourist" areas are well away from the riot areas anyway; but that doesn't stop folk being put off going there in the first place - so I guess their tourist income will take a knock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 16, 2011 Report Share Posted June 16, 2011 Just like in Egypt, both sides know that their tourist industry is far too valuable to put at risk. I doubt you'd see any trouble in the holiday hotspots. You are right that would never happen http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/17/newsid_2519000/2519581.stm Dragging up a 15 year old story about a terrorist strike to try and say something about the current situation??????? Anyone who's been to the tourist areas of Egypt knows how security conscious the terrorism of the mid to late 90's - and the HUGE resultant financial impact on their economy from the virtual halting of their tourism industry - made both the authorities and the general population. It's PRECISELY because of the experience of those incidents that Egyptians would now everything humanly possible to avoid any kind of disruption in the tourist resorts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 The massacre that decimated the Egyptian tourist trade was down to a few extremists with no regard for anything except their own cause but even during the recovery process, they were still take pop shots at tourist that ventured away from the main tourist areas. I think civil unrest and demonstrations for political reform are a far cry from the threat of terrorism and I doubt they would have as damaging effect as the government here would have us believe. We visited Egypt just two years after the event and the effect was all too clear to see. There was a small risk involved in going there but it was one that we considered and were prepared to accept. I?ve just got back from a very nice week in Turkey with the Greeks kicking off on one side and the Syrians on the other. Did this worry us? Not for one moment! Lifes too short, go out and enjoy your holiday and stop worrying. Bill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inky pete Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 We're off to Teneriffe in a fortnight. I'll try not to lose my head! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Enjoy and keep posting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 what... posting his head Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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