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DEL.ICIO.USDoes terrorism influence your travel habits?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Frequent travelers might argue that travel is inherently risky, but the terrorist events of recent weeks — such as the Mumbai attacks and the attempted hijacking of a cruise ship near Somalia — are especially unsettling.
(Right: Passengers on the MS Columbus, seen here in a file photo, will be evacuated and flown to another destination to avoid pirates off the coast of Somalia.)
Right now the U.S. economy doesn’t favor leisure travel anyway, but sometimes business travel and going home for the holidays can’t be avoided.
Does the threat of terrorism ever change your travel plans? Do you specifically avoid certain locations or travel methods?
Comments
By Michael Thobani
December 10, 2008 2:08 PM | Link to this
Terrorism has never affected my family’s travel habits in light that we never travel out of the country for vacation and no one needs to fly regularly for business or work. We haven’t flown anywhere in years and haven’t taken a cruise as a family in ages. Our travel plans are boring, merely consisting of an annual retreat to the beach, which is about seven hours by car. Of course, though, if we did decide to travel out of the country, we won’t be ignorant of world events and the political instability ravaging some countries. So we won’t be spending the holidays in Mumbai, or spring break in Caracas.
By Michael Thobani
December 10, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Terrorism has never affected my family’s travel habits in light that we never travel out of the country for vacation and no one needs to fly regularly for business or work. We haven’t flown anywhere in years and haven’t taken a cruise as a family in ages. Our travel plans are boring, merely consisting of an annual retreat to the beach, which is about seven hours by car. Of course, though, if we did decide to travel out of the country, we won’t be ignorant of world events and the political instability ravaging some countries. So we won’t be spending the holidays in Mumbai, or spring break in Caracas.
By Michael Thobani
December 10, 2008 2:10 PM | Link to this
Terrorism has never affected my family’s travel habits in light that we never travel out of the country for vacation and no one needs to fly regularly for business or work. We haven’t flown anywhere in years and haven’t taken a cruise as a family in ages. Our travel plans are boring, merely consisting of an annual retreat to the beach, which is about seven hours by car. Of course, though, if we did decide to travel out of the country, we won’t be ignorant of world events and the political instability ravaging some countries. So we won’t be spending the holidays in Mumbai, or spring break in Caracas.