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The safety of a destination is always an important point when it comes to holidays. If you go on a trip instead of on vacation, there is a chance that you will end up in an unknown and perhaps less safe situation.
You can reduce some risks, for example by having your car inspected and repaired before you leave. But you can also unexpectedly end up in a thunderstorm with a ferry at sea and then hope that everything will blow over.
In general, traffic, crime, health and a state of war will pose the greatest risks. Despite the political climate, political hostility and terrorist attacks are negligible, but give rise to a great subjective feeling of insecurity. Of the 8 million tourists who visited Egypt in 2005, 10 died in the major attack on Egypt Sharm El Sheikh.
Be wise and observant when moving about in foreign lands, but don't be fooled by all the horror stories of others. In retrospect, it is often quite funny if you are told by the taxi driver Hanoi dropped off (at the wrong hotel), or if you are in Shanghai counterfeit change worth 4 Euros.
Of course it is annoying if the knife is put on the throat somewhere in an alley or the bus tips over on the slope, but unfortunately these things can also happen in your own country.
With regard to the political stability of some countries, it is wise to take into account the travel advice provided by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of Belgium and the Netherlands. See the external links. Because the reports from the newspapers do not always provide guidance. In October 2006, for example, the travel advice for Thailand was not negative, despite the coup that had just been carried out, while the advice for Bangladesh, where the elections were only imminent in January and therefore only little reported in the newspapers, was negative.
Wikivoyage can help but cannot take responsibility for the timeliness and reliability of this information about the situation in each country. When in doubt, always check government information. Below are a few important and useful links that may help: