Prevention mission by the former hostages returned from Pakistan completed
Bern, 16.4.2013 - Following an agreement with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs, the Swiss nationals who returned from Pakistan in March 2012 after being held hostage for eight months, gave six talks at vocational tourism schools in four cantons as a well as at the University of Bern. They also agreed to be interviewed by a travel magazine. The goal of the prevention campaign was to raise awareness among future tourism professionals and adventure travellers about the risks of travelling in regions the FDFA has advised travellers to avoid. The FDFA considers this mission to have accomplished its goal.