US terror warning could hurt Europe's economy (Alert Draws Shrugs From US Travelers)

[Turborama]

Source: AP

By ALAN CLENDENNING and MATTHEW LEE, Associated Press Writers – 46 mins ago

MADRID – A rare advisory for U.S. travelers to beware of potential terrorist threats in Europe drew American shrugs Sunday from Paris to Rome, but tourism officials worried that it could deter would-be visitors from moving ahead with plans to cross the Atlantic.

The travel alert is a step below a formal warning not to visit Europe, but some experts said it could still hurt a fragile European economy already hit hard by the debt crisis.

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Without a specific threat, however, American visitors were not letting the alert disrupt their travels.

"We live in New York. So in New York we think about these things all the time," said Richard Mintzer, a 55-year-old American visiting Italy with his wife. "I wouldn't say we are particularly worried in Rome, no more than we would be at home, or anywhere in the Western world."

At Paris' spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear fashion shows, W magazine fashion market director Karla Martinez said she gets "worried for five minutes, but then I forget about it and get back to the job that I'm here to do. It's a little scary when you're staying in a big hotel with lots of tourists, because we hear that could be a target, but I try not to get too worked up about it," she said. "At the end of the day all you can do is keep your eyes and ears open and try not to be naive."

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101004/ap_on_bi_ge/europe_terror_threat

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Alert Draws Shrugs From US Travelers (VIDEO)

AP: US travelers at Dulles Airport outside Washington say a warning about potential terrorist threats in Europe will make them more vigilant but it won't stop them from going abroad. US officials are urging citizens to be careful in tourist spots. (Oct. 3)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gleDRWRWS10

[Angry Dragon]

1. If this country would just stop trying to mold the world

into their false image the world would become a safer place.
We would stop producing terrorists
and the government could stop trying to scare the American people