U.S. security scares foreign visitors away
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GRAND CANYON, Arizona  - Maryellen Fleming-Hoffman manages a gift store on the plunging rim of the Grand Canyon, where visitors come to marvel at one of the world's greatest attractions.
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The lure of Times Square, Rodeo Drive and points in between is stronger than ever to foreign tourists.
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Security checks on foreign students in "proliferation-risk" science subjects could deter them, scientists warn.
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EILAT, Israel -- Boaz Rafaeli had read the warning that Israeli security officials issued last month against travel to Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, and he didn't give it a second thought. The 24-year-old student thought the country's Shabak security service was being overly cautious.
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A bomb attack on U.S. diplomats, the first since 1990, has sent shudders through the small but growing American community
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U.S. homeland security officials are preparing to abandon plans to develop a system to track the departure of foreign visitors at land borders, citing cost and technical obstacles in scaling back a major post-Sept. 11 domestic security initiative, officials said.
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Security in Haiti remains unpredictable and dangerous, and Americans should not travel to the Caribbean nation except for emergencies, the State Department said Friday.
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In some quarters, they were seen as outside intruders trying to tell the United States how to run its affairs. They were welcomed and honored in others, even asked to pose for souvenir photographs.
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In what was speculated to be a reaction to a possible DoS attack, the Bush Administration has blocked at least some foreign visitor access to its official campaign Web site.
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KUWAIT CITY -- Police have set up checkpoints and are toting machine guns and wearing body armor for the first time. Hotels have installed metal detectors. And the US Embassy has warned Americans to keep away from Western hangouts.
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Overseas relatives' visits could require bonds while tighter immigration rules would cut tourist visas
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Europe is increasingly seen as a staging post for potential attacks on the United States, the US Secretary of Homeland Security told the BBC Wednesday, indicating tougher checks on travellers.
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HELSINKI, Finland US embassies in northern Europe say they have received &quot;threat information&quot; and are urging Americans living in the Nordic and Baltic regions to be cautious.
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The fact that the tsunami happened at the peak of tourist season could deter others from coming in the future. Other countries weren&#39;t hit as hard.
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THE US today warned its citizens against travel to Ivory Coast, citing a &quot;volatile&quot; security situation throughout the country and a high risk of violence against foreigners.
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The U.S. State Department expressed concern Thursday after two security agents traveling with the U.S. soccer team were stopped at a Venezuelan airport, temporarily stripped of their weapons and threatened with arrest.
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Travel industry leaders meeting in Washington Wednesday said they want the U.S. government to stop treating tourists like terrorists, and to take steps to reverse a steep decline in overseas travel to the United States that followed the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.