The U.S. Department of State frequently releases and updates its travel advisories for different countries, enabling Americans to be more informed about the safety and risk associated with various places across the globe.
Travel advisories therefore help travelers plan their international holidays, from deciding whether it is safe to travel to certain destinations, to being aware of low levels of crime in certain regions.
The State Department considers various factors, such as crime, terrorism, civil unrest, access to health services, likelihood of a natural disaster and current events, when issuing advisories to alert American travelers about a country’s safety level.
It assigns travel advisory levels on a scale from 1 to 4, with Level 4 suggesting the highest degree of risk for travelers.
So far this year, more than 25 countries have been placed under a Level 1 advisory, including New Zealand, Cyprus, North Macedonia, French Guiana, Federated States of Micronesia, Mongolia, Norway, Turkmenistan, Portugal, Singapore, Samoa, Georgia, Brunei, Andorra, El Salvador, Kuwait, The Kyrgyz Republic, Czechia, Paraguay, Japan, Switzerland, Lichtenstein, Vanuatu, Malta, South Korea, and Australia.
The State Department advises that those traveling to these countries exercise “normal precautions,” when visiting, which could be due to low to medium levels of crime in certain parts of the destinations, as well as other factors.
There were also almost than 30 countries that were placed under a Level 2 advisory between January and May this year, including United Arab Emirates, Chile, Rwanda, Turks and Caicos Islands, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Timor-Leste, The Bahamas, Ghana, Serbia, Morocco, Solomon Island, Indonesia, Cuba, Uruguay, Philippines, United Kingdom, Spain, Germany, Peru, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Italy, South Africa, France, Brazil and Jamaica.
The State Department recommends that travelers going to these destinations exercise “increased caution,” which could be due to a wide range of factors, from higher levels of crime, civil unrest, higher risks of terrorist attacks and others.
It also advised Americans to “reconsider travel” to a number of countries this year, issuing Level 3 advisories for Pakistan, Chad, Niger, Guinea-Bissau, Colombia, Bangladesh, Uganda, Burundi, Papua New Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago, and Guyana by the end of May.
Countries that have been placed at the highest risk level so far this year by the State Department, meaning Americans are strongly advised not to go to those destinations, include Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Syria, South Sudan, Iran, Yemen, Burkina Faso, North Korea, Russia, Burma (Myanmar), Venezuela, and Somalia.
Advisories are updated regularly, so more countries will likely be added to these lists throughout June.
In order to assist Americans planning their next trips abroad, Newsweek will be compiling a list of the travel advisories released by the U.S. Department of State throughout the month of June.
Newsweek will continue to update this article as new advisories are released in June.
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