https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/tags/tag/tourism terrorism/ Tourism Terrorism News en Breaking Travel News Copyright 2026 2026-04-19T09:18:19+00:00 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/u.s.-travel-abroad-declined-three-percent-in-2011/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/u.s.-travel-abroad-declined-three-percent-in-2011/ U.S. spending abroad increases seven percent compared to 2010 Fri, 20 Jul 2012 03:00:21 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/rise-in-international-travel-necessitates-tighter-border-control/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/rise-in-international-travel-necessitates-tighter-border-control/ Travel documents are for terrorists just as important as weapons, according to the key finding from the 9/11 Commission Report. This is the reason border control systems based on biometric applications have become the solution of choice in identifying potential threats. Sat, 25 Feb 2012 03:00:08 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/asia-dominates-asia-pacific-tourism-boom/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/asia-dominates-asia-pacific-tourism-boom/ Preliminary results released by the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) today showed that international visitor arrivals into Asia/Pacific destinations1 grew by 6% year-on-year in June 2011. Thu, 01 Sep 2011 19:30:56 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/rhodes-2011-set-to-be-record-year-for-cruises/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/rhodes-2011-set-to-be-record-year-for-cruises/ Rhodes is becoming increasingly popular with cruise holidaymakers, with local authorities expecting a record growth in numbers of cruise passengers for 2011. Mon, 11 Apr 2011 13:45:45 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-and-uk-terror-alert-over-suspect-cargo1/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-and-uk-terror-alert-over-suspect-cargo1/ British counter terrorism detectives are liaising with authorities in the United States amid reports of suspicious packages on cargo flights. Officials are investigating reports of several packages on aircraft in the US cities of Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey. In the UK, parts of East Midlands Airport were closed earlier on Friday following the discovery of a suspicious package. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:20:24 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-and-uk-terror-alert-over-suspect-cargo/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-and-uk-terror-alert-over-suspect-cargo/ British counter terrorism detectives are liaising with authorities in the United States amid reports of suspicious packages on cargo flights. Officials are investigating reports of several packages on aircraft in the US cities of Philadelphia and Newark, New Jersey. In the UK, parts of East Midlands Airport were closed earlier on Friday following the discovery of a suspicious package. Fri, 29 Oct 2010 10:20:17 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-ata-seeks-to-dampen-travel-fears/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/us-ata-seeks-to-dampen-travel-fears/ Officials at the United States Air Transport Association have moved to dampen fears over travel to Europe following the release of a travel alert. The body said it was “business as usual” for carriers operating transatlantic services, despite the issuance of the alert by the State Department. Tue, 05 Oct 2010 09:52:51 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/u.s.-issues-europe-terrorism-alert/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/u.s.-issues-europe-terrorism-alert/ Both the US and UK have issued warnings to their citizens of a potential Al Qaeda terrorist threat in Europe, leaving tourism chiefs across the continent concerned this could prompt a travel slump. Though neither are formal warnings, some experts said they could still hurt a fragile European economy already struggling to recover from the financial crisis. Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:08:26 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/terror-alert-forces-ba-jet-to-return-to-heathrow/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/terror-alert-forces-ba-jet-to-return-to-heathrow/ A British Airways jumbo jet was forced to return to Heathrow after a major terror scare, it has emerged today. The Boeing 747, which was bound for Mexico City, was more than halfway across the Atlantic last Friday when U.S. authorities barred it from entry into U.S. airspace due to “serious concerns” about one of its passengers. Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:55:46 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/bombers-attack-three-baghdad-landmark-hotels/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/bombers-attack-three-baghdad-landmark-hotels/ At least 36 people were killed when insurgents set off a series of car bombs outside some of Baghdad’s best known international hotels, including the Ishtar Sheraton. Mon, 25 Jan 2010 19:56:46 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/police-storm-plane-at-heathrow-in-bomb-threat/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/police-storm-plane-at-heathrow-in-bomb-threat/ Armed police arrested three men on a plane at Heathrow at the weekend amid fears of a terror threat. They swarmed the Dubai-bound Emirates plane as it was taxiing on the tarmac before take-over, and removed the three suspects. Sun, 10 Jan 2010 11:31:00 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/heathrow-to-deploy-full-body-scanner/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/heathrow-to-deploy-full-body-scanner/ Heathrow is to become the first of BAA’s six UK airports to install full body scanner. The airport operator said the scanners would be in place “as soon as practically possible”. Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:45:14 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/majorcas-tourism-industry-rocked-by-further-terror-attacks/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/majorcas-tourism-industry-rocked-by-further-terror-attacks/ Four bomb explosions in the Majorca yesterday raised fears that the Basque separatist group Eta is waging a summer campaign aimed at island’s tourism industry. Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:54:21 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/bomb-blast-causes-holiday-chaos-in-majorca/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/bomb-blast-causes-holiday-chaos-in-majorca/ Thousands of holidaymakers were left stranded as Spanish police stopped aircraft and ships leaving the island of Majorca after a bomb attack killed two police officers in the resort town of Palma Nova. Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:35:42 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20080910173209550/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20080910173209550/ The ban on liquids being carried in hand luggage through British airports could be lifted as early as next year should government tests into scanners that detect harmful liquids prove successful. Thu, 11 Sep 2008 16:20:48 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20060608175216942/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20060608175216942/ Terrorist attacks and fears of bird flu may have put Turkey in the tourism picture for the wrong reasons, but it is not deterring a growing legion of European tourists from heading east and to the country’s lively city of Istanbul. Fri, 09 Jun 2006 14:50:44 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20051123172308795/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn20051123172308795/ On 1 October 2005, just days before the start of Ramadan, the tourist-dependent resort island of Bali suffered a terrible blow. Exactly three years on from the October 2002 terrorist attacks, this unique island in the heart of Indonesia was a target for terrorism once more, killing 25 people and injuring more than a hundred. The long-term future of the island’s tourism industry remains uncertain as preliminary October 2005 results from the HotelBenchmark? Survey by Deloitte show that revenue per available room (revPAR) has dropped 30% to US$34 compared to October 2004. Wed, 23 Nov 2005 17:22:59 +0000 https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn2001022/ https://www.breakingtravelnews.com/news/article/btn2001022/ There have been reports that a bomb explosion has killed at least 13 people and injured many others at the luxury Marriott Hotel in the Indonesian capital, Jakarta. Tue, 05 Aug 2003 10:00:24 +0000