The Most Dangerous Resorts

The British insurance company Norwich Union Travel Insurance drew up the rate of the most dangerous and comfortable resorts. It is advisable to use caution in Thailand, in African, Caribbean, and Czech Republic Countries... It's quite on the cards that this research aimed in the first place at the tourists taking care of themselves, purchasing their product- travel insurances. However, you would do well to take experts' advices.

The dangerous Thailand exotics

By analyzing 60 thousand of appeals received from the tourists in 2005, the insurers found out that the people who spent their time in Thailand claim their compensations more frequently. Accidents, food poisoning and domestic thefts, according to British information, take place notably in that country.

You should be quite careful, though, the Thai men in coming season who celebrate the sixtieth birthday of their darling monarch this year, took quite a lot of measures to raise the comfort and safety of the tourists coming to meet the exotics.

In Thailand, it is strongly recommended not to agree to doubtful dirt-cheap excursions and when traveling by taxi, you should always realize whether the driver understands you correctly.

You have to take along the hotel's card with the address and the scheme how to get there, written in the Thai language. It is necessary for you to explain the taxi driver your route.

True, sometimes you can meet in Thailand such drivers who can't read even in native language. You should keep away from such kind of cabmen.

The quite free dispositions have become the peculiar problem recently on some of the popular resorts of the country. The resort cities of western Thailand's seaboards have been filled by the round-the-clock disco clubs with the indispensable usage of various light stuff, the braziers with the doubtful contents that stand right at the beach edge, ubiquitous prostitutes and "pseudo beggary", as well as doubtful "massage parlours".

So, before choosing the hotel, you should thoroughly consult a travel agent regarding the orders in particular place.

Not to darken your rest by the serious poisoning, it is recommended not to drink water from the tap. You should always buy water in bottles (it is often given in the hotels for free) and use it for fruit washing, tooth brushing and so on. In addition, it is better to abstain from the strangers' offers of food or drinks (it is often offered by the taxi drivers or "rat-taters").

Keep off walking in Africa

The next conclusion of the British researchers is that the guests of Southern Africa often become the robbery victims (including the using of weapons). Here the baggage losing is common.

All the tour operators specialized in this area forestall that the crime rate in SAR is too high, and Johannesburg is considered to be the most criminogenic zone in the world. Therefore, the extreme-lovers, who tend to arrive in this country, should take high precautions with regard to either luggage safety and personal safety. Of course, the local police works in the sweat of his face, and such districts as Sawetto, Hillibro, Alexandra and Ketlehong in Johannesburg are not recommended for visits. The solo excursions in these places are outright dangerous. Though for sightseeing the main tourist attractions, it also makes sense to make reliable company. The swindle with credit cards in SAR is common, especially in case a credit card is passed into strange hands (for bill payment in restaurant or for parking). Also, the majority of crimes occur among drug addicts (great number of substances are produced in the country, and drug addiction is considered to be national disaster).

However, the distant Africa is dangerous not only because of crime. It is here where vast quantities of thermal shock and thermal burn take place, because of high level of solar radiation. Therefore, it is necessary to wear here sunglasses, use creams, headgear and light clothes with long sleeves. The special danger are poisonous snakes, gnats (especially malarial mosquito " anopheles", widespread on the coastal plains of shore), as well as crocodiles and hippopotamus, about which we have been informed from little up though.

Caribbean Sea parasites

British insurers advise the people who suffer from allergy to avoid Caribbean: there is a special danger of stings of venomous tropical insects. The experts have counted more than 3 thousand cases, when their clients claim compensation after attacks of carnivorous sea inhabitants.

There is a real danger to meet the unfriendly submersible creatures in Barbados, the Bahama Islands or in Cuba, especially during the swimming on the open sea, where the owners are sharks, downstream migrations and other raptors. But the majority of civilized beaches, in this regard, are secure, because they are partitioned off from the ocean by the coral reefs.

But the last ones, as is known, are the refuge for great number of small sea creatures that bites, showing special activity nights and having a rest in the daytime, burying themselves in coastal waters. So, when unlucky tourist treads upon them inadvertently, they at the best sting painfully. Therefore, to spend the time in this paradise, you should demand from travel agents all the gen about where you should be careful and use bath shoes. And being informed about presence of the harmful sea creatures in water, don't submerge, if you can't see any lifeguards on a beach.

One more danger is mosquitoes are found in the Caribbean almost everywhere and serve a carrier of fever.

However, evening "singing" of these bloodsuckers reminds you the necessary to use repellent or protecting screen, better than any instruction.

Keep your money

As counted the British experts, Czech Republic has become the "unapparent" robbery champion.

It is here, where the majority of tourists are becoming the victims of pickpockets.

It should be noted, that this issue gives trouble to the Czech Republic authorities. The placards, warning the negligent travelers about thefts, appear in shops, supermarkets, trams, buses and subway - the place where pickpockets operate most of all. "Have your eyes everywhere!" - the word-for-word translation of the slogan that sounds just in case, have to convince foreign tourists to be watchful.

As the authors of "the dangerous countries rate" mention fairly, it is easy to forget about own safety lying on the beach with the cocktail in your hands and admiring the local beauty. "The aim of our investigation is not to frighten the tourists, who are looking forward the summer holiday, we just tend to inform them about probable difficulties", - noted Don Mackmallan, the Norwich center manager.

At that you shouldn't become paranoiac. As experts say, the vast majority of travels, as a rule, pass without any hindrances. The insurers have called also the most favorable countries for tourism. They are Ireland, Belgium, Holland, Germany and France. But it is another subject for discussing.

Iuri Tarabanov writes about interesting travel experiences. His Travel Deals site is http://www.travelime.com