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[yemenreform]

Map of Yemen - satellite images with video
I am a big fan of Yemen and I just thought I would share this interesting interactive map of Yemen.

Interactive Map of Yemen

I would recommend visiting sanaa mountains in the summer. The city has interesting historical sites, but the green wildrness outside is breathtaking.

I noticed with some of the videos, I had to to open the location twice for the video to load.

Enjoy it and send me a message of your recommended locations

[starlagurl]

I don't really understand the point...You click on the pin and then a video comes up. Are they your videos?

[yemenreform]

I don't really understand the point...You click on the pin and then a video comes up. Are they your videos?

The videos are a collection from different individuals to show either pictures, video, or music from that geographical area. You could always zoom in to see satellite images of the individual cities. Not all of them are translated or subtitled for now. That will take some time. For now the only one that is translated and subtitled is the one describing the capital of Yemen, Sanaa. Very beautiful place, but I could bias

Thank you for your response.
cheers

[rbisset]

I had planned a trip to Yemen last year but cancelled due to the high terrorism threat. I think it is somewhere that really shouldn't be advised for tourists at the moment and direct threats are being made targeting them.

4 South Korean tourists were killed in a bomb attack today at a popular tourist site and kidnappings are happening almost weekly.

It's definitely a place I'll visit one day but not in the foreseeable future.

[yemenreform]

I had planned a trip to Yemen last year but cancelled due to the high terrorism threat. I think it is somewhere that really shouldn't be advised for tourists at the moment and direct threats are being made targeting them.

4 South Korean tourists were killed in a bomb attack today at a popular tourist site and kidnappings are happening almost weekly.

It's definitely a place I'll visit one day but not in the foreseeable future.

I understand how you feel
I am actually going there for spring break, but I guess I won't visit the Marib area until they have better security.

I am not sure about the weekly kidnappings. I never read about that ???
I googled it and the last one was May 7, 2008

Like I said, Yemen is not for everyone and I am a Little bias

[rbisset]

* On 15 March 2009 a group of South Korean nationals were attacked whilst visiting a popular tourist site in Shibam, Hadramaut Governorate. Four South Koreans are known to have died with reports of the death of at least one other, whose nationality is unclear at this time. At least four others were injured.
* On 17 September 2008, at least 17 people were killed in an attack on the US Embassy in Sana'a, including six terrorists.
* On 30 April 2008, there was a mortar attack against the Italian Embassy in Sana'a.
* On 10 April 2008 an improvised explosive device exploded at an oil company headquarters in Sana'a, and a second device was disarmed.
* On 6 April 2008 there was a mortar attack against a residential compound in Sana'a.
* On 18 March 2008 there was a grenade attack against the US Embassy in Sana'a.
* On 18 January 2008, two Belgian and two Yemeni nationals were shot dead, with four other Belgians seriously injured, in an incident in the Governorate of Hadramaut.
* On 9 July 2007, an explosive device was found in Aden but was not detonated.
* On 2 July 2007, eight Spanish and two Yemeni nationals were killed, and a number of others injured, in a suicide bomb attack in Ma’rib, 100 km east of Sana'a.

The latest incident happened on 18 January 2009 where a German national and his two Yemeni colleagues were kidnapped in Shabwa Governorate. The hostages were released unharmed. On 2 January 2009 three South African nationals, including two children, were kidnapped on the Aden/Abyan road in the south of Yemen. They were released unharmed. On 14 December 2008 three German nationals were kidnapped in Bait Bous, on the outskirts of Sana'a. The hostages were also released unharmed. At the end of September 2008 a family of five Americans were kidnapped in the Governorate of Dhamar. Earlier that month, two Colombian oil engineers were kidnapped in the Governorate of Shabwa. All hostages were released unharmed. You should be aware that the long-standing policy of the British Government is not to make substantive concessions to hostage takers. The British Government considers that paying ransoms and releasing prisoners increases the risk of further hostage taking.

[yemenreform]

Thanks rbisset for the extended details.
You are right you can't have tourism without security


If you read what you copied and pasted:

1- You will see that in almost all hostage incidents they were released unharmed.

2- All other incidents happened against embassies, companies, and homes for political reason. They were not direct attacks on tourists or tourism.


Security problems in Shibam does not mean that all areas of Yemen are not secure. If you look at the history of all incidents you will see that most of Yemen is secure for travel.