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meadowlander

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23. Mass shootings aren't a new phenomenon.

Wed Jun 1, 2022, 09:12 PM

Jun 2022

It's the health care system that's giving me pause about going back to the States at Christmas. Catching Covid on the flight feels inevitable and I absolutely do not want to end up stuck in hospital in the US on limited travellers' insurance that doesn't cover the actual costs and then maybe not be able to get back into New Zealand if the borders close from a new variant.

I've never meet a Kiwi who put off or cancelled travel plans to the US because of mass shootings even after discussing it with a number of people after Sandy Hook. The places targeted tend to not be tourist destinations (workplaces, schools, movie theatres) and it's not like other countries don't have risks (terrorist bombings in many countries, earthquakes, hurricanes, volcanoes, etc.)

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Question: How will all the mass shootings in the US affect tourism this summer? [View all] Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 OP

The US dollar is very high which will increase the cost for foreigners to visit bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #1

As long as they don't plan on visiting schools the tourists PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #2

Unless they go to a concert, restaurant or nightclub Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #3

Yeah. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #16

or a hospital Novara Jun 2022 #4

or driving down a highway watching the scenery. Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #6

Okay, avoid hospitals. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #17

None whatsoever brooklynite Jun 2022 #5

Fine- but how many people from other countries "know that?" Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #10

When I was younger I was an airline employee and flew PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #18

Gee, I really want to travel to a place that looks to be on the brink of civil war. Girard442 Jun 2022 #7

Seriously- that is what I have been thinking Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #8

You can easily avoid Texas. PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2022 #19

Maybe not as much as we think if many were already avoiding us because of the gun violence. brewens Jun 2022 #9

Literally zero. Groundhawg Jun 2022 #11

Tell you one thing, if I lived in a country that had sane restrictions on guns, raccoon Jun 2022 #12

I am hoping it hits some of the red states hard Thtwudbeme Jun 2022 #14

None. Jirel Jun 2022 #13

+1 onenote Jun 2022 #20

If you are from a foreign country and think about visiting the US I'd suggest to visit only blue kimbutgar Jun 2022 #15

I think there would have to be some impact Diablo del sol Jun 2022 #21

I don't plan on going anywhere on vacation. slightlv Jun 2022 #22

Mass shootings aren't a new phenomenon. meadowlander Jun 2022 #23

I live just south of a "tourist area," Lake George, New York Rhiannon12866 Jun 2022 #24