Foreign government monitoring is probably the best overall barometer of actual and perceived risk
available to a travel destination. On 29 June 2006, for example, there were Travel Warnings issued
by the US State Department for 29 countries. A Travel Warning is issued when they decide, based
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on all relevant information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain country. The
Australian Government’s Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade listed warnings against travel to
six countries on the same date, and also recommended that travellers reconsider their need to travel
to a further 14 countries.