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• Brigitte lambert says:

  January 7, 2024 at 12:53 pm

  Decades ago I noticed croc warning signs in German and Japanese only. I figured the Japanese really had no knowledge about the dangers whereas the Germans were more adventurous.

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  • Ingrid Piller says:

    January 8, 2024 at 9:04 am

    There are different types of stupidity, for sure … in terms of visitors death stats, both groups are quite similar (and way behind accidental deaths of visitors from the UK):
    Leggat, P. A., & Wilks, J. (2009). Overseas Visitor Deaths in Australia, 2001 to 2003. Journal of Travel Medicine, 16(4), 243-247. doi:10.1111/j.1708-8305.2009.00302.x
    Willcox-Pidgeon, S., Miller, L., Leggat, P. A., Peden, A. E., Brander, R. W., Wilks, J., & Franklin, R. C. (2023). The characteristics of drowning among different types of international visitors to Australia and how this contributes to their drowning risk. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 47(3), 100050. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.anzjph.2023.100050

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