The threat was demonstrated last November, when operatives believed to be part of al-Qaeda tried to shoot down a plane full of Israeli tourists as it took off from an international airport in Kenya.

ECONOMIST: The shoulder-held threat | The

You may remember that about 3 years ago, some Islamist extremist kidnapped 16 Western tourists in Yemen and four of those tourists were then killed in a shoot-out.

BBC: Middle East correspondent Frank Gardner

Last year Macau's security chief, Manuel Monge, blithely reassured tourists worried about being caught in gangland shoot-outs that the hitmen never missed their mark.

ECONOMIST: Macau

Because the Drachma will fall in price rather sharply these products will shoot up in price and make Greece an uncompetitive market for tourists.

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