Does the US embassy cripple tourism in Italy?
Do you know what the US embassy in Italy writes? The article by Umberto Rapetto, director of Infosec.news
“ The warning message that appeared on the website of the US Embassy and Consulate in Rome does not reassure at all.
The "Italy Travel Advisory: Level 4: Do Not Travel, April 20, 2021" page does not limit itself to stopping Americans wishing to reach our country by signaling the simple gravity of the pandemic situation.
After the sentence "Do not travel to Italy due to COVID-19", we read verbatim " Exercise increased caution due to terrorism ". To translate the recommendation effortlessly, the US diplomatic representation here in the capital suggests "Exercise more caution because of terrorism".
We are not impressed that the press release explains that the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or the equivalent of our Istituto Superiore della Sanità) has set a "level 4" of health risk for Italy which indicates a high risk to compromise the health of the tourist for the coronavirus.
It scares us to acknowledge that US diplomacy signals our territory as characterized by the long-standing danger represented by terrorist groups, which would continue to plot possible attacks in Italy.
The words used on the Internet by the American embassy are not only frightening the potential foreign visitor, but they put anyone in legitimate agitation.
It is impressive to deal with expressions such as “ Terrorists can attack with little or no warning, targeting tourist locations, transport hubs, markets and shopping malls, local government structures, hotels, clubs, restaurants, places of worship, parks, major sporting and cultural events, educational institutions, airports and other public areas ".
Those who scroll through the lines of the web page in question are led to wonder what information the US institutions have in their hands.
Should we take literally what we have just read, or do we think it is just a trip to our already limping tourism that dreams of a revival?
Article published on infosec.news
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/lambasciata-usa-azzoppa-il-turismo-in-italia/ on Wed, 21 Apr 2021 15:22:10 +0000.