The US State Department has advised travellers to “exercise increased caution” while visiting the Bahamas. Photo / Sylvian Sonnet
Those planning to travel to the Caribbean for a summer holiday may want to reconsider their plans after the United States State Department and its embassy in the Bahamas advised travellers about the risk of doing so.
The embassy in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, published a level two travel advisory on their website on January 26 with a security warning to “exercise increased caution” on the island nation amidst a spate of violent crime.
The advisory states that the country poses a risk to tourists after 18 murders were reported in January alone, most of which have been “primarily” motivated by gang violence.
The level of concern over safety has significantly grown, and US officials are now stressing that people being robbed should refrain from even trying to “physically resist”.
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