Anyone going to them will be invalidating any holiday insurance meaning if something bad happens they'll be on their own
Travel Warnings from the Foreign Office
Travellers are being warned by the Foreign Office about 31 locations marked as 'do not travel' destinations. Anyone going to them will be invalidating any holiday insurance meaning if something bad happens they'll be on their own. Officials also warn that they could be putting their lives at risk. Consular assistance in these areas might prove difficult, and for some countries, the advice is to avoid all but essential travel.
Travel Warnings
Israel
Due to the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the Foreign Office is advising against all travel to large parts of Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories, and all but essential travel to the rest of the country. The ‘do not travel’ regions include Gaza, the West Bank, and areas that border Syria and Lebanon. The situation has potential to deteriorate quickly and without warning.
Lebanon
The Foreign Office is advising against all travel to Lebanon. Those in the country should consider leaving while there are still commercial flights available.
Other Countries
Below are the nations and territories with a Foreign Office travel warning in place for all or most of the country:
- Europe
- Belarus - do not travel
- Kosovo - all but essential travel warning for significant parts
- Russia - do not travel
- Ukraine - do not travel
- Middle East
- Iraq - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Iran - do not travel
- Israel - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Lebanon - do not travel
- Occupied Palestinian territories - do not travel
- Syria - do not travel
- Yemen - do not travel
- Africa
- Burkina Faso - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Cameroon - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Chad - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Central African Republic - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Ethiopia - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts
- Libya - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Mali - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Mauritania - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts
- Niger - do not travel
- Nigeria - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts
- Somalia - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- South Sudan - do not travel
- Sudan - do not travel
- Western Sahara - do not travel warning for significant parts
- Americas
- Haiti - do not travel
- Venezuela - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
- Asia
- Afghanistan - do not travel
- Myanmar - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts
- North Korea - all but essential travel warning; borders have not reopened since Covid
- Pakistan - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts
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Ben Hurst