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Bongani Ndlovu Showbiz Correspondent
ZIMBABWE and Honduras are in the top 10 countries that have the lowest terror risk in the world according to the British Foreign Office. The ratings come in light of the 38 tourists that were gunned down in Tunisia last week after an AK47 totting shooter slaughtered them at the beachfront Hotel Riu Imperial Marhaba in the coastal city of Sousse. The Foreign Office uses four ratings when judging the threat of a terrorist attack in its travel advice: high, general, underlying and low. Tunisia is rated as a high terror risk country.

Zimbabwe lies at position five in the list that includes Mongolia, North Korea, Bolivia, Angola, Cambodia and Honduras.

The British foreign office has suggested that its citizens should make use of the countries on the list so that they have the lowest risk of encountering terrorism.

According to the Telegraph Travel, the threat of terrorism is rated “high” in more than 30 countries around the world, with summer holiday favourites such as Spain and France given the same rating as Libya, Pakistan and Somalia.

The website describes Zimbabwe: “While the Foreign Office warns about mugging and pickpockets, the terror risk in Zimbabwe is low. The television presenter Charlotte Hawkins visited for Telegraph Travel in 2014.

“All of us were conscious of the political difficulties in Zimbabwe, its history of violence and continuing human rights issues,” she said. “What convinced us was the glowing testimony of people who knew Zimbabwe well, in particular their stories about how hard the safari companies worked to protect natural habitats and support local communities.”

“Crime and violence are a serious problem in Honduras and the country has one of the highest homicide rates in the world,” says the Foreign Office.

But the threat from terrorism is low and if sensible precautions are taken, there’s no reason Britons cannot explore its attractions, which including the Mayan site of Copán, full of impressive carvings, stelae and altars; the Bay Islands of Utila, Roatán and Guanaja with their white-sand beaches and balmy waters; and Parque Nacional Pico Bonito, a habitat for jaguars, armadillos, wild pigs, tepezcuintles (pacas — a type of burrowing rodent), monkeys and toucans.

The full list

1. Mongolia

2. Turkmenistan

3. North Korea

4. Cambodia

5. Zimbabwe

6. Bolivia

7. Honduras

8. Angola

9. Bhutan

10. Papua New Guinea