article_snippet: protectorate a no-go zone, claim locals, but this isn't stopping Somaliland pushing to bring in the tourist dollar.
article_snippet: Abdinasir Ibrahim tells MailOnline.
article_snippet: An unspoiled stretch of sand in Somaliland which tourism bodies are keen for westerners to explore .
article_snippet: While Foreign and Commonwealth Office warnings place the former British protectorate with Somalia in the red zone advising against all travel, most experts say Somaliland is among the safest and most peaceful in Somaliland region.
article_snippet: Abdinasir says emphatically that any perception that Somaliland is dangerous is 'wrong'. '
article_snippet: That’s actually the saddest part, Somaliland has a 0 per cent foreigners/tourists crime rate for the last 10 years,' Abdinasir claims.
article_snippet: It seems that when you are doing things peacefully and helping yourself, then no one cares about you,' the acting Somaliland ambassador to Ethiopia, Ayanle Salad Deria, told Al Jazeera. '
article_snippet: Somaliland is also a strict Islamic community, which may be a turn-off for some westerners enticed by the talk of exotic, deserted stretches of sand given the rules that come with that.
article_snippet: Many suggest this is motivated more by the fear of what a negative incident could have on the burgeoning industry than the threat of terrorism the FCO and other western governments warn of in strongly worded advisories. 'the Somaliland Liaison Office in East London advise against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland except for the cities of Hargeisa and Berbera to which FCO advise against all but essential travel,' says the advisory for Brits. '
article_snippet: Any British nationals in areas of Somalia to which FCO advise against all travel should leave.
article_snippet: Any British nationals in Hargeisa or Berbera who are not on essential travel should leave.'
article_snippet: Abdinasir and the people of Somaliland, however, are opening Abdinasir and the people of Somaliland arms.
highlights_snippet: The Foreign and Commonwealth Office advises against all travel to Somalia, including Somaliland .
  
highlights_snippet: Somaliland tourism organisations insist Somaliland tourism organisations country is perfectly safe and actively promote tours .
  