Is tourism the new target for terrorists? Because it is soft, it encompasses different nationalities and it has major impact on economies. Even the Cannes bus driver chose the Bastille Day holiday with the street full of tourists to go for the mass kill.
The multiple blasts in tourist spots that include Bangkok’s famous Phuket island seem to be part of the same thinking. Tourism impacts directly on travel and brings the world to a slowing down in mobility.
It is also the easiest to attack a mall or a stadium or a street event because security cannot be that tight in the open air and milling crowds make for tough surveillance.
The entrances to airports are relatively simple to go for because unless you place a whole regiment at every airport in the world getting to that point is usually without hindrance. We saw what happened in Turkey. The attack in Tunisia’s popular beach resort Sousse, where 38 people were killed in a hotel, most of them British left that country’s earning power in turmoil as the domino effect kicked in. After the Russian plane crash at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt’s beachfront playground, the tourism sector has had a hard time getting its act together.
It can be said the dream “med’ vacation is now bit of a nightmare.
Perhaps these samples, without being simplistic, can help the common citizen be part of the defense against terrorism. After all, it is he and his family that are being hurt the most and paying the price. Now, no terror group can successfully manage an attack of acquired targets without a support group. They must have avenues to bring in weaponry and explosives. They must have a warehouse to store these materials of destruction. Then they must be a safe house for themselves to stay in until the time is right.
There has to be access to transportation and communication equipment. The pyramid requires local support in logistics and that is where common people come into play.
It should now become mandatory for every city to have a special squad and special contact numbers and a designated police agency to encourage reports of any suspicious activity in these areas including high chatter on phones, real estate deals, new neighbors, whatever it takes.
Now, ethnically one knows straightaway that somebody from their part of the world is not quite right. That is plain sense. The more the authorities encourage people to take part while ensuring their anonymity even if 99 of a 100 reports are false it is a good figure.
There are no choices. if the people on the street who are the ones who get killed do not open their eyes and create a network of information and watchfulness these attacks will never end.
The multiple blasts in tourist spots that include Bangkok’s famous Phuket island seem to be part of the same thinking. Tourism impacts directly on travel and brings the world to a slowing down in mobility.
It is also the easiest to attack a mall or a stadium or a street event because security cannot be that tight in the open air and milling crowds make for tough surveillance.
The entrances to airports are relatively simple to go for because unless you place a whole regiment at every airport in the world getting to that point is usually without hindrance. We saw what happened in Turkey. The attack in Tunisia’s popular beach resort Sousse, where 38 people were killed in a hotel, most of them British left that country’s earning power in turmoil as the domino effect kicked in. After the Russian plane crash at Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt’s beachfront playground, the tourism sector has had a hard time getting its act together.
It can be said the dream “med’ vacation is now bit of a nightmare.
Perhaps these samples, without being simplistic, can help the common citizen be part of the defense against terrorism. After all, it is he and his family that are being hurt the most and paying the price. Now, no terror group can successfully manage an attack of acquired targets without a support group. They must have avenues to bring in weaponry and explosives. They must have a warehouse to store these materials of destruction. Then they must be a safe house for themselves to stay in until the time is right.
There has to be access to transportation and communication equipment. The pyramid requires local support in logistics and that is where common people come into play.
It should now become mandatory for every city to have a special squad and special contact numbers and a designated police agency to encourage reports of any suspicious activity in these areas including high chatter on phones, real estate deals, new neighbors, whatever it takes.
Now, ethnically one knows straightaway that somebody from their part of the world is not quite right. That is plain sense. The more the authorities encourage people to take part while ensuring their anonymity even if 99 of a 100 reports are false it is a good figure.
There are no choices. if the people on the street who are the ones who get killed do not open their eyes and create a network of information and watchfulness these attacks will never end.
