Travel Jitters and the Pending War
Travel Blog • Jim Benning • 02.24.03 | 3:49 PM ET
With an invasion of Iraq looking ever more likely in the next month or two, several American newspaper travel sections on Sunday explored the pros, cons and safety of overseas travel. “Will it be safe to venture out of Fortress America once the Stealth bombers and cruise missiles start flying?” columnist John Flinn asks in the San Francisco Chronicle. He’s betting it will. He’s planning a trip to Italy in May, he writes, reminding readers that they’re historically 40 more times as likely to drown than to die at the hands of a terrorist.
For its part, the Los Angeles Times (registration required) noted one benefit of the current fears: a big drop in overseas travel prices. In addition, lest anyone get sick over travel anxiety, the Times’ “Healthy Traveler” columnist Kathleen Doheny offers tips on coping with in-flight stress, such as practicing meditation.
Meanwhile, South Florida Sun-Sentinel Travel Editor Thomas Swick looks at the flap in America over European attitudes toward a war. He writes: “[Europe] is the one great chunk of the planet that has put aside ancient antagonisms and forged for its diverse peoples a common destiny, an accomplishment that is worthy not just of awe but of emulation.”
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Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.
