What Are Travel Warnings, Consular Information Sheets & Public Announcements?

Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.

Public announcements are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats and other relatively short-term and/or trans-national conditions posing significant risks to the security of travelers.

They are made any time there is a perceived threat and usually have the citizens of a particular country as a target group.

In the past, Public Announcements have been issued to deal with short-term coups, bomb threats to airlines, violence by terrorists and anniversary dates of specific terrorist events.

Consular Information Sheets are available for every country of the world.

They include such information as the location of Embassies or Consulates in the subject country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security information, and drug penalties.

If an unstable condition exists in a country that is not severe enough to warrant a Travel Warning, a description of the condition(s) may be included under an optional section entitled "Safety/Security."

Consular Information Sheets generally do not include advice, but present information in a factual manner so the traveller can make his or her own decisions concerning travel to a particular country.

If you are looking for factual information on any of the countries of the world and especially the U.S. territories and possessions, such as the U.S. Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, Guam or American Samoa, you can go to the CIA Factbook.

You can even check out the CIA Factbook on Australia, you never know what you might find....

Wherever you decide to go, go safely and as always......enjoy,

John.

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