What have been your most effective strategies for mitigating terrorist risk in the travel industry?

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Scott Sweetow · Answer

So the question is, what have been the most effective strategies for mitigating terrorism in the travel industry? Boy, that's a tough question because the travel industry covers so many different things. You have travel by land, you have travel by sea, and then travel by air. With each of those, the vulnerabilities are a little bit different, but I would say that your choice of the word mitigating is a good one because you're not going to eliminate the risk of terrorism. You can be a very secure facility and still be targeted by terrorists if they want to get at the place where you are staying or visiting. So I would say in general when you're traveling, a lot of it has to do with being low-key. For instance, I tend to not wear any American brands. I buy clothing overseas that looks like it fits in. If I'm traveling in Asia, I tend to wear a lot of clothing that either has no obvious American labels on it or is clothing that I've actually bought in that part of the world. The same thing goes with flashing wealth. There's a fine line sometimes between criminals and terrorists, but you can mark yourself as a victim if you're wearing a Rolex or a very, very expensive watch or obvious jewelry. But I would say really the biggest thing that you could do when traveling, and this goes for travel by sea, land, or air, is making sure that you are aware of your surroundings. It's very easy when you're on vacation to kind of have a fairly relaxed attitude, but if you are aware of your surroundings, not hypervigilant, but just being aware of what is around you and who is around you, that will go a long way towards helping your safety out and maybe stopping something before it becomes a problem for you.

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"What have been your most effective strategies for mitigating terrorist risk in the travel industry?"