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The most common travel scams in 9 global cities

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Summary
Nutrition label

75% Informative

Many travel-related fraud complaints involve travel agencies and tour companies.

Fraud related to travel agency and tour company bookings is more than four times higher than the fraud average of other industries.

Taxi and car rental problems comprise the majority of reported cases in cities like Bangkok , Thailand and Jakarta , Indonesia .

Fraud in food services is more prominent in the U.S. and Middle East , with 63% in New York City .

VR Score

84

Informative language

89

Neutral language

44

Article tone

formal

Language

English

Language complexity

60

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

External references

no external sources

Source diversity

no sources

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