UK Foreign Office warns against travel to these 73 countries

Have you ever thought of checking the list before travelling? 

Well it could be a smart move as it turns out ignoring it could void your travel insurance and leave you without consular support in an overseas emergency.

The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has issued various travel , including advice against “all travel” to 10 countries and “all but essential travel” to entire countries or specific areas within multiple countries.

Parts people have been told they should not travel to include popular destinations such as Tunisia, India, Thailand, Turkey, and Mexico amongst others.

Among the 226 countries or territories with foreign travel advisory pages, 73 are currently flagged as having areas of high-risk due to security concerns, health hazards, and legal inconsistencies with the UK, reports.

The full list of countries on the Foreign Office’s

FCDO advises against all travel to: 

1. Afghanistan
2. Belarus
3. Haiti
4. Iran
5. Lebanon
6. Libya
8. South Sudan
9. Syria
10. Yemen

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to parts

• Angola – Cabinda Province, border areas in Lunda Norte Province
• Bangladesh – Chittagong Hill Tracts
• Bolivia – Chapare region
• Brazil – Amazonas State
• Colombia – borders, Pacific coast, northern and central Colombia
• Ecuador – seven coastal region provinces and within 20km of the Ecuador-Colombia border
• Ghana – Bawku Municipality
• Guatemala – within 5km of the Mexican border and the towns of Santa Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista and La Democracia
• Kenya – Kenya-Somalia border and northern parts of the east coast
• Kosovo – Zvečan, Zubin Potok and Leposavic, and the northern part of the city of Mitrovica
• Laos – Xaisomboun Province
• Malaysia – Eastern Sabah coastal islands
• Mexico – Baja California, Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas, Guanajuato, Michoacán, Jalisco, Colima, Guerrero, Chiapas
• Papua New Guinea – Hela and Southern Highlands provinces
• Peru – within 20km south of the Peru-Colombia border and The Valley of the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro River
• Tanzania – Mtwara Region along the Tanzania-Mozambique border
• Thailand –parts of the south, near the Thailand-Malaysia border
• Uganda – Queen Elizabeth National Park and Semuliki National Park

FCDO advises against all travel to parts: 

• Algeria – all travel to within 30km of Algeria’s borders with Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia
• Armenia – within 5km of the full eastern border between Armenia and Azerbaijan
• Azerbaijan – Nagorno-Karabakh and surrounding areas, Azerbaijan-Armenia border
• Benin – Northern border regions
• Burkina Faso – against all travel except to the capital, Ouagadougou
• Burundi – Cibitoke and Bubanza provinces
• Cameroon – Bakassi Peninsula and within 40km of Central African Republic, Chad and Nigeria borders
• Central African Republic – against all travel except to the capital, Bangui
• Chad – Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est and Tibesti provinces, Kanem Province, including Nokou, Lake Chad region and within 30km of all Chad’s other borders
• Congo – within 50km of the Republic of Congo-Central African Republic border in Likouala Region
• Côte d’Ivoire – borders with Burkina Faso and Mali and Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia border
• Democratic Republic of the Congo – DRC-Central African Republic border, Eastern DRC, Kwamouth territory of Mai-Ndombe Province and the province of Kasaï Oriental
• Djibouti – Djibouti-Eritrea border
• Egypt – Egypt-Libya border, North Sinai and Western Desert
• Eritrea – within 25km of Eritrea’s land borders
• Ethiopia – international border areas, Tigray region, Amhara region, Afar region, Gambella region, Oromia region, Somali Regional State and Benishangul-Gumuz region
• Georgia – South Ossetia and Abkhazia
• India – within 10km of the India-Pakistan border and Jammu and Kashmir
• Indonesia – Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, Mount Sinabung, Mount Marapi, Mount Semeru, Mount Ruang, Mount Ibu
• Iraq – advises against all travel to Federal Iraq
• – against all travel to Northern . All but essential travel to the rest of
• Jordan – within 3km of the border with Syria
• Mali – advises against all travel except to Bamako
• Mauritania – Eastern Mauritania, Mauritania-Western Sahara border, Tiris Zemmour, Adrar, Tagant, Hodh el Gharbi, Assaba and Guidimaka provinces
• Moldova –Transnistria
• Mozambique – Cabo Delgado Province, all but essential travel to the districts of Memba and Eráti in Nampula Province
• Myanmar (Burma) – Chin State, Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin State, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing and Magway regions, Tanintharyi Region, Shan State North, North Mandalay Region
• Niger – against all travel except to the capital city of Niamey
• Nigeria – Borno State, Yobe State, Adamawa State, Gombe State
• Pakistan – within 10 miles of Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Balochistan Province and Pakistan-administered Kashmir
• Philippines – Western and central Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago
• Rwanda – Rubavu District
• Saudi Arabia – Saudi Arabia-Yemen border and Abha International Airport
• Somalia – Eastern Somaliland and Western Somaliland
• Sudan – against all travel except to the Hala’ib Triangle
• The Occupied Palestinian Territories – against all travel to Gaza and The West Bank. All but essential travel to the rest of the OPTs.
• Togo – Togo-Burkina Faso border
• Tunisia – Western Tunisia, including the Tunisia-Algeria border and Southern Tunisia, including the Tunisia-Libya border
• Turkey – Within 10km of the Turkey-Syria border
• – Crimea and within 50km of the border with Belarus
• Venezuela – Within 80km of the Venezuela-Colombia border, within 40km of the Venezuela-Brazil border, Zulia State
• Western Sahara – Within 30km of ‘the Berm’ boundary line and south and east of the Berm boundary line

The FCDO has also advised against all but essential travel to Caledonia, North Korea and Mayotte.