There hasn't to be a degree of balance to it - I wouldn't personally take a young family to a good few places right now some of which I probably would visit on my own or with a small number of experienced travellers but a few I'd actively look elsewhere - Turkey for instance though you'd probably be alright especially where many of the resort types places are there is a good chance of it going spectacularly sideways at the moment not to mention ongoing threats from certain groups to attack tourist sites.
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There hasn't to be a degree of balance to it - I wouldn't personally take a young family to a good few places right now some of which I probably would visit on my own or with a small number of experienced travellers but a few I'd actively look elsewhere - Turkey for instance though you'd probably be alright especially where many of the resort types places are there is a good chance of it going spectacularly sideways at the moment not to mention ongoing threats from certain groups to attack tourist sites.
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People go abroad because of the weather, a nice hot country, pool/sea and ice cold beer is rather more appealing than the Rhyl municipal leisure centre. 
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LMAO this is all a little harsh... What about places like the Maldives, Morocco, Tunisia, Oman, Malaysia, Indonesia... the list goes on, you can hardly call most places outside of Saudi Arabia a dive just because of some peoples racist views on Muslims.
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Can not go wrong with the canary islands as it is a relatively hard place to get too.
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There's a modern way of thought that seems to suggest that a holiday for a Brit without sunburn and sharing a packed beach with fellow sweating armpits and perspiring crotches is anathema. North Wales won't usually allow a natural sun burn
You were saying?
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Jordanian-castle-tourists-trapped-inside.html
I love it when you happy clappy types fall flat on their face.
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Did i say Jordan? I said don't live you life in fear, I'm home and safe and had a great time in morocco
Terror attacks can happen anywhere look at France and Germany for example...
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TBH Hurghada is still perfectly safe, as safe as it has been for the last couple of decades anyway. Egypt is a big place and comparing the Sinai and Cairo (afaik now actually not that bad now) with Hurghada really isn't fair to that place.
If you're just looking for a resort holiday then Hurghada will be fine.
*Significant parts of Egypt have been no go zones for decades and I remember in 2003 having to go in convoy from Hurghada to Luxor because of tourist killings a few years before.
Just like the list above about the other places.
Personally I'd rather take advice from the FCO about where is safe and where is t, rather than our resident negativistas.
There's a modern way of thought that seems to suggest that a holiday for a Brit without sunburn and sharing a packed beach with fellow sweating armpits and perspiring crotches is anathema. North Wales won't usually allow a natural sun burn
I know you won't agree, being a bit of a hermit but you can also go abroad to see different cultures, foods, nature and wildlife...
OP if you cross reference the posters in this thread, their views on "travel" and their views on immigrants/Muslims you'll see a nice trend.
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haha so Jordan represents all of the Islamic world?
Christian Country http://touristkilled.com/rome-italy...n-robbery-beating-rape-of-australian-tourist/
Christian Country http://touristkilled.com/berlin-germany-man-sentenced-to-prison-in-murder-of-british-expat/
Christian Country http://touristkilled.com/rome-italy...y-found-in-river-suspected-of-being-murdered/
Christian Country http://touristkilled.com/florence-italy-u-s-expat-found-dead-being-investigated-as-a-homicide/
Christian Country http://touristkilled.com/spain-miss...tified-hiking-camino-de-santiago-arrest-made/
Christian Country http://touristkilled.com/edinburgh-...d-with-syringe-after-not-giving-beggar-money/
If I fell flat on my face then I didnt feel it. Now does this mean we shouldn't visit any Christian part of the world for a holiday too? I mean I'm sure I could find way more if I looked at North and South America.
Cairo isn't really too bad at the moment - maybe not quite as it was say in 2005 or so but not that different to how it has been in general over the years. I guess if you fly pretty much directly in and out of Hurghada and don't leave the resort area you'd be fairly safe but I'd rather just go somewhere else.
Well TBH I wouldn't go to Hurghada either* (although I have been twice in the past). But then I'm not a fan of resort holiday and would avoid places like Tenerife, Cos and Rhodes etc as well. 
For an all inclusive resort holiday with some fun outside (a days snorkelling, quad bikes etc) then it's as good a place to go as any European resort destination. Security isn't any more an issue than any other though.
*except for a diving holiday - the reason I went a second time.
For an all inclusive resort holiday with some fun outside (a days snorkelling, quad bikes etc) then it's as good a place to go as any European resort destination. Security isn't any more an issue than any other though.
*except for a diving holiday - the reason I went a second time.
Thanks to the joys of global warming you can have a week almost anywhere in the U.K. In august and it is redhot.
3 years running we've went to various destinations in the lakes in august for between 10-14 days and had 2 days rain. Red hot, loads to do, quicker, cheaper it's perfect.
People seem to believe they must go abroad to have a holiday and it's really not true at all. We'll go abroad if it's somewhere really special but paying 2-3k for an average hotel in the middle of Spain and enduring a flight isn't great value.
FCO seems to be a bit OTT most of the time.
Take this from someone who prides themselves on their international exposure and has travelled a lot
Statistically you're much more likely to get attacked by a mugging, or die in the taxi on the way to the airport.
Well TBH I wouldn't go to Hurghada either* (although I have been twice in the past). But then I'm not a fan of resort holiday and would avoid places like Tenerife, Cos and Rhodes etc as well.
For an all inclusive resort holiday with some fun outside (a days snorkelling, quad bikes etc) then it's as good a place to go as any European resort destination. Security isn't any more an issue than any other though.
*except for a diving holiday - the reason I went a second time.
In that context I'd far rather go Hurghada than Kos lol.
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