Warning about booking trips

[Old Daffodil]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/turkey/

The numbers of people who are killed or injured  on holiday in Turkey are cause for concern apparently.

[Scunner]

Is this fact from the Telegraph article in any way believable?

Nearly 2.5 million Britons visited Turkey between April 2009 and March 2010. Of these, 93 died and 140 needed treatment in hospital.

93??!!

140??!!

Which figure is more ridiculous, I can't work it out...

[Highlander]

Makes you wonder which is the taller of the two stories. The one in question or the one immediately below it.

[Jim Fraser]

I did read elswhere (think it was the P&J) that the 93 were deaths but not all by accident, many were natural causes/illness
Actually thats pretty good odds - only 93 out of 2.5 Million over a year.

[Scunner]

140 people needing to go to hospital out of 2.5 million is sensationally good, well done Turkey!  

[heather07]

"A Foreign Office spokeswoman advised travellers visiting Turkey to take out comprehensive insurance, as European Health Insurance Cards (which give you access to medical treatment in EU member states) are not valid there. She urged anyone who observes unsafe practices by tour operators to report them to the Turkish authorities".

How many letters have been written re dolphins and what has been done???

[nichola]

exactley Heather !!!

But have we written to the Foreign Office yet[?] Is this a new one for the list [?]

[Scunner]

Must have been a slow news day - that's really just an amalgamation of several Turkey-related news stories of recent months.