| TRAVEL
PROBLEM REPORTS SINCE SUMMER 2002 |
| TRAVEL
TO COUNTRY DATA (9-7-2007) |
Among
returned NMSU study abroad students, they reported
travel problems in 14 (50%) of the 34 countries
in which they had studied:
(1) 622 students reported 44 (7.1%) problems with traveling to
the country of their program.
(2) 606 students reported 18 (3.0%) problems with entering the
country of their program, and
(3) 626 students reported 27 (4.3%) problems with traveling in
the country of their program. The chart below summarizes data
for all countries in which NMSU students reported problems with traveling.
The data show
that few students have problems traveling to, or entering into the country
of their program, and while there, few problems with traveling around
the area.
Country
|
Problems
Traveling to
|
Problems
Entering
|
Problems
Traveling in
|
Argentina |
011 |
0
01 |
009.1% |
011 |
000 |
000.0% |
011 |
0
01 |
0
09.1% |
Australia |
015 |
0 00 |
000.0% |
015 |
000 |
000.0% |
015 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
Austria |
0
06 |
0
02 |
033.3% |
006 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
06 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
Belize |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
004 |
001 |
000.0% |
0
03 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Bolivia |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
001 |
100.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Brazil |
024 |
0
04 |
016.7% |
024 |
002 |
008.3% |
023 |
0
02 |
0
08.7% |
| Canada |
0
06 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
006 |
001 |
016.7% |
0
06 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Chile |
0
08 |
0
02 |
025.0% |
008 |
001 |
012.5% |
0
08 |
0
01 |
012.5% |
| China |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
004 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Costa
Rica |
132 |
0
06 |
0
04.5% |
130 |
000 |
000.0% |
136 |
0
05 |
0
03.0% |
| Ecuador |
012 |
0
01 |
0
08.3% |
010 |
000 |
000.0% |
0 17 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Finland |
0
03 |
0
01 |
033.3% |
003 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
03 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| France |
018 |
0
01 |
0
05.6% |
015 |
000 |
000.0% |
014 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Germany |
017 |
0
02 |
011.8% |
0 15 |
000 |
000.0% |
015 |
0
01 |
0
06.7% |
| Guatemala |
016 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
015 |
000 |
000.0% |
016 |
0
01 |
0
06.3% |
| India |
0
02 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
002 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
02 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Ireland |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
001 |
100.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Italy |
0
4 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
002 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
02 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Japan |
014 |
0
01 |
0
07.1% |
014 |
000 |
000.0% |
014 |
0
03 |
021.4% |
| Korea |
0
02 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
002 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
02 |
0
01 |
050.0% |
| Mexico |
184 |
016 |
0
08.7% |
186 |
005 |
002.7% |
190 |
0
07 |
0
03.7% |
| Morocco |
0
02 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
002 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
02 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Netherlands |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
004 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| New
Zealand |
0
02 |
0
02 |
100.0% |
002 |
001 |
050.0% |
0
02 |
0
01 |
050.0% |
| Nicaragua |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Panama |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Peru |
0
05 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
005 |
001 |
020.0% |
0
05 |
0
01 |
000.0% |
| Russia |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
020.0% |
| South
Africa |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Spain |
081 |
0
05 |
0
06.2% |
0 78 |
002 |
002.6% |
083 |
0
04 |
0
04.8% |
| Sweden |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
004 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
04 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Switzerland |
0
03 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
003 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
03 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| Thailand |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
001 |
000 |
000.0% |
0
01 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
| UK |
032 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
0 29 |
002 |
007.1% |
0 29 |
0
00 |
000.0% |
|
| Description
of Travel Problems Reported (BACK
TO TOP) |
Below
are the descriptions of the travel problems encountered
by students:
|
| TRAVEL
TO COUNTRIES |
| BRAZIL: • Had
problems getting the correct dates on the visa. • Varig
airlines went bankrupt and shut down the
day group arrived in Brazil.
COSTA
RICA: • (2)
Luggage came a day late, which is not uncommon
on flights to San Jose. • Used SANSA,
a Costa Rican airline, and charged $40
for excess
luggage and had to pay by cash. •
Passport arrived day supposed to depart,
so had to delay one day. Flight out of
Houston delay for 3 hours, and by time
to arrive in Costa Rica fog was bad and
had to land in Nicaragua and spend the
night.
FINLAND: • Checked bagged
lost going to and from Finland and severely
damaged.
MEXICO: • Going alone
at night was difficult. • Bus
to Zacatecas was not direct, as I was told
by the bus station
clerk. • Cost
$150 to get from El Paso to Juarez bus
station!
Reliability
of information for public transportation
was totally inadequate. • I
misunderstood the cost of the bus trip
to Zacatecas so
I
was under budgeted (budgeted for $70, but
cost $170).• Bus
to Zacatecas was horrible. • Drove
to site and toll roads were high cost. • Booking
flight with credit card with Mexican airlines
failed. Also, had protractor from backpack
removed at security since it was sharp. • Shuttle
driver from Greyhound station in El Paso
wouldn't wait for students to get tourist
card, so student
had to pay extra to take a taxi from border
to Juarez bus station.
GERMANY: • Baggage
lost.
JAPAN: • Typhoon
hit country as arriving, so had to find
alternate transport (bullet train) at extra
costs.
NEW
ZEALAND: Lost plane tickets, had to
pay for new ticket in LA over the phone and had
to take different flight than planned.
SPAIN: Not
aware I needed an additional flight that I had
to book to get to the city I studied in. |
| ENTRY
IN COUNTRIES |
BOLIVIA: • Upon
entering was questioned extensively by immigration
officers suspicious of my purpose of being there.
MEXICO: • Didn't
have passport or birth certificate required to
enter Mexico.
UK: • Student
didn't go with British Studies London group flight
so has some problems entering since didn't have
proper program letters.
|
| TRAVEL
IN COUNTRIES |
ARGENTINA: • Bus
system was difficult to master.
BOLIVIA: • Ran
into one roadblock while traveling in the country.
COSTA
RICA: • Mix
up on information for trip from airport to site,
so had to pay more. •
Difficult knowing and using the bus routes with
limited Spanish. •
Difficulty with taxi drivers who charged Americans
too much.
PERU: • Flights
often delayed causing student to miss flight
home and to pay more than expected.
SPAIN: • Didn't
understand train travel in terms of cost (more
expensive than flying).
|
|
Last
Updated:
Monday, 31-Mar-2008 15:17:06 MDT |
