Conde Nast Offers Oktoberfest Advice
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Emerging from a summer where Germany endured a mall shooting, a suicide bomber at a concert, and other security fits and starts, some clients may be wondering whether Germany’s annual and extremely popular Oktoberfest celebration is safe for tourists.
More than 6 million people are expected to attend Munich’s Oktoberfest, which runs through Oct. 3, so in order to provide tourists with the facts, Conde Nast Traveler recently published an article online, “Is It Safe to Visit Germany Right Now?”
Author Katherine LaGrave notes how Germany’s assault rate is on the decline, and how “Germany’s crime rate is lower than that in the United States.” According to Conde Nast, “the Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) notes that American tourists and expatriates have been ‘infrequent victims’ of crime in Germany, and when it happens, it's usually purses snatched—and pockets picked—in high traffic and tourist areas.”
The article also notes that the U.S. State Department has no active travel alerts or warnings for Germany currently, and that a 2011 report from the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that “the average American is as likely to be crushed to death by furniture or televisions as they are to be killed by terrorists.”