What are the main safety risks of overseas self-help travel?

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds that the main safety risks of overseas self-help travel include the following categories:

The first is the risk of wading activities. Water-related projects are very popular with tourists in China because of their strong ornamental, entertaining and exciting features. However, there are different degrees of security risks, which has become the main reason for the safety accidents of overseas tourists in China. Among them, drowning and water traffic accidents are the most important factors causing tourists' death and injury. According to incomplete statistics, since 20 17, there have been more than 100 accidental drowning accidents of China tourists in many popular tourist destinations such as Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Maldives.

The second is traffic risk. At present, more and more Chinese tourists choose go on road trip or take local private transportation when traveling overseas. All kinds of traffic accidents have become one of the most important safety risks faced by Chinese tourists overseas. Because of the different infrastructure conditions and traffic rules in different countries, China tourists are not familiar with the local road conditions, traffic regulations and fatigue driving. Some outbound destinations have backward highway infrastructure and many natural disasters, which are easy to cause traffic accidents; Some Internet travel companies lack auditing on the authenticity, legality and security of overseas services, and the definition of security responsibilities and obligations is unclear, which has great security risks.

The third is the risk of field and air projects. Some countries have peculiar landforms and beautiful mountains and rivers, which provide a large number of rich outdoor sightseeing projects for China tourists, such as mountaineering, jungle exploration, hot air balloon sightseeing, paragliding and so on. These activities also have different degrees of security risks, mainly including tourism safety accidents caused by uncertain factors such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and other natural environment and weather changes; Safety accidents such as tourists falling down due to equipment failure or poor management of the project party; Due to physical limitations, there is no impulse to take risks in high-risk tourism projects, which leads to safety accidents.

The fourth is the risk of theft. In recent years, some countries are affected by economic downturn, high unemployment rate, influx of refugees and other factors, and terrorist attacks, theft, robbery, fraud and other acts have occurred one after another, damaging China tourists. At the same time, some tourists do not have a strong sense of safety, carry a lot of cash and like to go out alone, which leads to theft and robbery accidents from time to time. Among the main destinations of tourists from China, many countries often rob tourists from China, which brings great losses to relevant parties.

The Ministry of Culture and Tourism reminds tourists that outbound travel, especially overseas self-help travel, should enhance their awareness of risk prevention, be alert to all kinds of risks and travel safely and rationally. It is necessary to make good preparations before departure, pay attention to the travel tips issued by tourism, diplomacy and other relevant departments, understand the weather, hygiene, transportation, public security and other conditions of the destination, and be cautious or temporarily not to go to countries and regions with frequent terrorist attacks, unstable political situation or major epidemics. It is necessary to raise safety awareness, take good care of personal belongings, abide by local traffic laws and regulations, keep calm when encountering emergencies, handle them properly and call the police in time. At the same time, we should rationally consume, rationally plan tourist routes, choose vehicles with operational qualifications, carefully choose high-risk tourism projects, and not blindly pursue the stimulation of tourism exploration. It is necessary to buy travel accident insurance to ensure travel safety.