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Missing data does not imply no antisemitism.","sources":[],"scope":"Evidence gap","period":"Not established","raw":null},{"key":"lgbtq","label":"Anti-LGBTQ+ harassment & crimes","score":3,"note":"Canadian guidance warns LGBTQ+ visitors about possible identity-based harassment. 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Keep a cash backup and check your card network with the merchant.","sources":["advice-montenegro"],"scope":"Country visitor guidance / network context; not a city shop census","confidence":"Not scored · local-shop coverage not established","basis":"Direct credit-card use + network breadth + app / cash dependence","raw":{"currency":"EUR","networks":{"Visa":"Not separately verified","Mastercard":"Not separately verified","American Express":"Not separately verified","Discover":"Not separately verified"},"methodVersion":3},"measurement":"Ease of using standard foreign credit cards directly at everyday local shops, considering network breadth and app / cash dependence.","reviewed":"2026-10-19"}],"alerts":[{"signal":0,"title":"Reported racist harassment on a tourist bus","text":"Local reporting describes an Asian woman creator being racially harassed by teenagers on the Kotor–Perast route on 13 October 2026. A separate report records civil-society condemnation. 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Volunteer adults are not a representative tourist-service sample; English ability is not friendliness.","sources":["ef"],"scope":"Country proxy · English only","confidence":"Limited traveler relevance","basis":"EF proficiency band → 1–5","raw":{"efScore":471,"edition":2025}},{"score":3,"note":"Cards have better coverage in urban and tourist areas; cash is important elsewhere.","sources":["advice-indonesia"],"scope":"Country visitor guidance / network context; not a city shop census","confidence":"Editorial band · network coverage may be incomplete","basis":"Direct credit-card use + network breadth + app / cash dependence","raw":{"currency":"IDR","networks":{"Visa":"Not separately verified","Mastercard":"Not separately verified","American Express":"Not separately verified","Discover":"Not separately verified"},"methodVersion":3},"measurement":"Ease of using standard foreign credit cards directly at everyday local shops, considering network breadth and app / cash dependence.","reviewed":"2026-10-19"}],"alerts":[],"sourceDate":"2026-10-19","selection":"Editorial worldwide shortlist; not an arrivals or safety rank"}],"selectionSources":["tourism-index-2025","tourism-table-2025","airports-scheduled"],"paymentMethod":{"version":3,"target":"Direct use of standard Visa, Mastercard, American Express and Discover credit cards in everyday local shops","bands":{"1":"Cash / local currency only or foreign credit cards effectively unusable","2":"Credit cards confined to limited shops / larger travel businesses; cash usually needed","3":"Mixed card / cash use, or app setup commonly needed (for example mainland China)","4":"Credit cards broadly usable; some networks / merchants have gaps","5":"Broad direct use across all four standard networks"},"unknown":"Not scored when general shop acceptance is not established","limits":"Editorial ordinal bands, not measured percentages of all shops. 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