Product update: Slight transition in Destination Reports

On 25 January 2024, minor changes we made to Riskline Destination Reports to consolidate information that is reported in multiple locations of the reports.

We have eliminated several sections of the Destination Reports as the relevant information for travellers is also reported in other areas of the report. Eliminating duplicate information will help Riskline maintain high-quality reports and make them easier to read for travellers.

The affected sections include:

Destination Hotspots in the Local Travel section has been removed. As has been the case for some time, we will indicate higher-risk locations through our Alerts and Advisory reports.
This change is reflected in the API as follows:

{  
      "chapter_id": 5,  
      "title": "Personal Safety",  
      "sections": [  
        {  
          "chapter_id": 5,  
          "title": "Destination Hotspots",  
          "text": "null"  
          "subcategory_id": 12,  
          "subcategory": "Destination Hotspots"  
        },

Law, Corruption and Security Services in the Crime section has been removed. Relevant information on legal systems and punishments, unique local laws, corruption faced by travellers and the state of a destination's security forces is located in the Safety section within Local Travel now.
This change is reflected in the API as follows:

      {
      "chapter_id": 3,
      "title": "Law",
      "text": "null"
      "subcategory_id": 6,
      "subcategory": "Law"
    },
    {
      "chapter_id": 3,
      "title": "Corruption",
      "text": "null"
      "subcategory_id": 7,
      "subcategory": "Corruption"
    },
    {
      "chapter_id": 3,
      "title": "Security Services",
      "text": "null"
      "subcategory_id": 8,
      "subcategory": "Security Services"
    }

This has the following effects on Riskline products:

Portals and PDF reports: Hotspots, Law, Corruption and Security Services sections no longer appear in the destination reports.
APIs: Existing APIs will continue to have fields for these sections, but return a 'null' value, see above.