State Department raises travel advisory for Australia amid fires A new level 2 warning means any American traveling to Australia is urged to postpone their trip if they're coming to an area affected by the wildfires. January 9, 2020 Additional Live Streams ...
“The wide availability of weapons, the use and trade of illicit drugs, and a weak criminal justice system contribute to the high level of criminality on the broader scale,” the advisory reads. The advisory is not a warning to avoid travel to the Dominican Republic—only the State Departmen...
The State Department on Wednesdaydowngraded its travel advisoryfor China, shortly after the White House announced it had secured the release of three Americans as part of a prisoner swap with Beijing. The travel advisory was updated to a Level 2 “exercise increased caution,” down from a Level...
Level 3 - Reconsider Travel:At this level, the State Department advises travelers to avoid travel because of serious risks to safety and security; Level 4 - Do Not Travel:This is the highest advisory level, warning of "greater likelihood of life-threatening risks." At this level, the U.S....
Several news outlets incorrectly reported on Thursday that the United States Department of State (DOS) issued a new travel advisory to Mexico after eight dead bodies were found this week in the popular destination of Cancun. A DOS official confirmed to Travel Market Report that the only chang...
The U.S. Department of State has issued a travel advisory to Mexico because of an increased risk of violent crime in some parts of the country. Violent crime, such as homicides, kidnappings, carjackings and robbery, are "widespread" and the U.S. government "has limited ability to provide...
TheU.S. Department of Statehasupdated its travel advisory ratingforCubafrom “Level 3: Reconsider Travel” to “Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution.” The move is welcomed by a coalition of U.S. tour operators and organizations that have advocated for a change to Cuba’s travel adv...
The latest troubling sign for the Summer Games came Monday when the State Department advised US citizens against traveling to Japan because of a sharp increase in Covid-19 cases. The “Level 4: Do Not Travel” advisory is the highest cautionary level in the department’s hierarchy of warning...
(Britannica/ New York City Department of Parks & Recreation) Well, as you’ve probably guessed, the party didn’t last forever. After the October 1929 stock market crash, the sight of rich folks stuffing their faces and drinking fine wines in a public park looked even more unseemly. Soon...
The State Department has overhauled its system for issuing travel advisories to make them easier to understandDavid Slotnick