Following the recent terrorist attacks on popular tourist destination, the Norwegian travel industry now calls for a central data base which shows where Norwegian travellers are located at any given time.
- We would wich to have access to a central data base where we would be able to find out which tour operators are arranging trips to which destinations, and where we could also find passenger lists with names and addresses, says Rolf Forsdahl of the National Association of the Travel Industry.
Such a data base would make it that much easier to come into contact with Norwegians in acute situations, Forsdahl says.
His views are given support by both the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Data Protection Registrar.
More: norwaypost.no
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