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Old 24th Jul 2015, 17:00
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DjerbaDevil
 
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Do you have inside info from the FCO stating it might be dangerous to travel to that region in Egypt? Next you'll be cancelling Turkish flights and holidays because of the atrocity in Suruc.
No, I don’t have any inside information as you would well know. That doesn’t mean that fighting between government forces and terrorist groups are not taking place in the Sinai Peninsula and that the Egyptian forces are struggling to hold back a growing ISIS linked insurgency there. The reports would suggest that only the northern part of the peninsula is affected at the moment and hopefully sufficient reinforcements will be brought to the area to give the government forces the upper hand and resolve the issue well away from the sensitive southern part. The Suruc atrocity is a one off terrorist action from an individual and not ongoing fighting between government forces and terrorist groups in the area. There is a difference in my view.

Most European governments see no issues with travelling to Tunisia at present; surely it's better to allow grown ups to make their own grown up decisions, having been given the facts rather than a nanny state making decisions on their behalf?
The FCO advise against all but essential travel to Tunisia and to a number of areas of the country, they advise against all travel. However, there are flights to Tunis by Tunis Air from London and most European capitals, so that grown ups can make their own grown up decisions and make their own holiday arrangements In Tunisia. No one is saying that it is forbidden to go there, only that it is not recommended.
Tour Operators are responsible for their passengers to an extent that prohibits them to organise holidays to any area/resort or even hotel that may be considered unsafe. Consider for example the tragic death of two children at a hotel in Corfu in 2006 due to monoxide poisoning from a faulty boiler in their room and the extent to which Thomas Cook have been given very bad publicity to this very day over the tragedy. There is no way a British Tour Operator would ever consider flying holiday makers to any area where there is a warning of a risk of possible terrorist actions.

Most European governments see no issues with travelling to Tunisia at present
Could be but there doesn’t seem to be any of the European Tour Operator charter flights operating into Tunisia anymore.....
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