Political unrest, terrorism, environmental disasters, diseases: There are several reasons why the Federal Department of foreign Affairs (DFA) warns again and again against travelling in certain countries. What places will want to avoid the tourists and business travelers in the coming year, shows the published today “Travel Risk Map”.
The card is issued by the two security service providers, International SOS and Travel Risk Management Council. For 2020, you can expect significant deterioration, especially with regard to the political violence, social unrest and crime. More dangerous than in the current year, to travel in regions or cities in Burkina Faso, the Congo, Libya, Mozambique in Africa, and Belize and Honduras in Central America.
Very high security risk in countries such as Afghanistan, Iraq and Somalia, but also around the border between Egypt and Israel, as well as in the East of Ukraine. A high level of risk have a number of places, are of Swiss tourists in popularity: some parts of Tunisia, India and Burma, the Philippines, and many Central American countries, including Mexico.
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In the Northern part of South America is the security risk is rated moderate. The Same is true for large parts of Africa and Southeast Asia as well as Russia and Turkey. In North America, Western Europe, Australia and new Zealand, the risk is low. China also falls into this category, in Hong Kong, however, this is true at the moment not really. More and more Asian airlines because of the violent protests of their flights in the South China city. The Swiss runs, for the time being according to plan. “We carry out our flights to Hong Kong on regular track, however, is the development,” she says on request.
Absolutely approximately holidays are only available in eleven countries, all in Europe and Oceania: Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Luxembourg, the Marshall Islands, Norway, Palau, Slovenia, Tuvalu, and Switzerland. On this trip, the crime is to aim rate is very low, there are no significant political violence, social unrest, or targeted violence against foreigners. The safety and emergency services work more effectively, and the infrastructure is solid.
Well, should inform tourists about countries with a “variable” health “risk”.
For 2020, the experts expect that the rising trend of natural disasters, the risk are areas, however, difficult to predict. The “Travel Risk Map shows” how high the health risks are in the world. Among other things, the following factors were analysed: spread of infectious diseases, Standard of emergency medical care, availability of drugs, as well as linguistic and administrative barriers.
Particularly large, the health risk is in Africa, where many countries fall into the highest and second-highest category. In West Africa, grass, Malaria, magnetized, and elsewhere Ebola. Also in the Arab region, in North Korea, Venezuela, and Haiti, the Situation is precarious. Good for tourists and business travelers about countries that have a “variable risk” should be informed. Here is the medical care in large cities can be good, in rural areas, but poor. Argentina, Brazil or Russia to be so classified.
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Significant improvements in the health systems within the last years, there have been in Tunisia, Morocco and Eastern European countries, such as Bulgaria and Romania. The risk is classified as medium. Completely harmless it is in Western Europe, North America, Japan, and South Korea.
Depending on how mobile tourists and business travelers are on the road, the traffic safety an important role. In this regard, Africa is also poor, where, according to the world health organization (WHO), an average of per 100’000 inhabitants, which is 26.6 people in road accidents die as many as on any other continent.
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Also in Thailand and Vietnam, the streets are anything but safe. It is striking that the USA have a higher risk than most countries in Europe. Within Europe, there are in Albania, Bosnia and Montenegro, as well as some Eastern European States, more deaths than elsewhere.
A reason not to visit these countries, is not the but. In such Considerations, the safety and the health risk to play – see the first two cards are a much more important role. (Read here how a best medical Travel insurance looks like.)
Created: 18.11.2019, 11:45 PM
