Vacationing in the United States? Be Warned, Some Countries Say<br />The section also says that violent crime and gun possession are more prevalent in the United States than in New Zealand<br />but adds that these crimes “rarely involve tourists.”<br />And on Oct. 10, Ireland’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade updated its United States travel advice page on its site; while the page doesn’t specifically mention the Las Vegas shooting, it does say<br />that the United States has witnessed a number of mass shootings in recent years.<br />On its travel advice page for the United States, updated Oct. 13, the United Kingdom government says<br />that “terrorists are very likely to try to carry out attacks in the USA” and that these attacks could happen “in places visited by foreigners.” In addition, it said, “The post-storm environment in Puerto Rico and the U. S. Virgin Islands remains particularly fragile, with continuing power outages and unstable buildings.”<br />The shooting in Las Vegas that left 59 people dead may have prompted some of the recent warnings.
