European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Tourism in the Mediterranean luxury hotels half of whose guests usually american reporting 20-30% cancellations Tor this month. Italy travel agents predicting 50% drop in american tourists for upcoming year. Hate Only 7,000 americans visited Malta in 1985 and tourism officials Are not expecting any serious decline. Let Moa once one of the finest tourist resorts in the Mediterranean. It has had virtually Zero. 4 tourists since civil War erupted in 1975. My Israel i officials maintain no significant drop in tourism because of terrorism. J 85 95% of american reservations were tourism is. Terrorism americans travelling cautious stories by Linda White travel editor re americans afraid to travel what Impact is Hie terrorist activity of the past months having on tourism in Europe the Reading from the United states is that people Are switching from trips to the Mediterranean to Northern Europe or the Caribbean or even to Alaska. Egypt is generally considered to be the hardest hit country tourist else travellers Are shying away irom the Rome and Athens airports and some . Cruise lines have moved to Scandinavia for the summer season. But to the sizable . Military Community in Europe changing plans As Well yes and no. That s the answer from a Survey of on poet and off Post travel agents National tourist offices end cruise lines. Americans especially those living away from the terrorist hot spots Are still travelling but Are travelling cautiously. A True Reading will not be available until later in the season january and february Are traditionally slow tourist months. But trends Are already visible. Business is As usual Sai Liverty Cerculo executive director of the Rome us. People Are aware of the danger but they team to live with it. There has been no drastic a phone Call to la map toe u8o indicated that an unusual snowstorm in Genoa and flooding in Venice were causing More consternation than the threat of terrorism. The Fleet is in and a lot of Navy wives Are a spokesman said. still making trips to Pompell and to Northern Italy to m. People Are careful he said. But we have had no problems. The hotel people Are Friendly and Page 14 the stars and stripes the a Iario air base itt is also continuing Tours in Italy and to Germany and Yugoslavia the buses Are full a spokesman said but they have been told they cannot travel in Greece. We do have a lot of people who Don t want to go through the Rome Airport when they go Home the spokesman added. They either take the train or drive to Frankfurt. Germany or take the direct Venice Paris the reaction in Greece is a bit stronger. The people Here Are still shaking said Steve Kork Lyls from the Iraklion air base recreation Center on Crete. They Are upset because the military is the first target. Right now they travel on the Island or stay on base and there have been restrictions. To travel by commercial airline a person has to have permission from the base commander. People travel by ferry when they leave the he said he Hopes that by Spring travel will improve but he does t foresee regaining the number of last year s is Ateo difficult to see ii incoming travel will drop because the season has not yet begun he said. Turkey however has not been so hard hit we Don t have an Active tour program at the moment a spokesman at Izmir morale support said. But turkish airports Are so carefully screened that people aren11 in Germany the american Community seems to be taking the terrorist problem philosophically. People Here understand Security measures and keep an Eye out said Robin Cannon at the Frankfurt Rhein Maln air base itt. Not a lot of people Are going to Egypt these Days but we Are having More questions than Ever before about both Egypt and Israel from individuals As Well As groups. As for Malta a Mediterranean Island most people Don t know where it is and it is travellers Are still going to Italy London Paris and Spain she said and that Reading was echoed by a spokesman for the Darmstadt Germany. Itt. This has had very Little effect on be but we had some army officers who had to trip to Greece because they could t get Deal he noted that Active duty military member Njadl clearance to travel in both Greece and Egypt Afir As into the East people Are going to
