Travel Advisories

Latest Warnings for MIT Travel Risk Categorizations:

Highest Travel Warning:

• Afghanistan
• Burundi
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel, (portions of Israel: the West Bank, Gaza, public transportation throughout Israel, discos and nightclubs throughout Israel and Old Jerusalem at certain times)
• Pakistan
• Phillipines, (portions of the Phillipines: Mindanao Island and the Sulu Archipelago island chain)
• Saudi Arabia
• Serbia
• Somalia

High Travel Warning:

• Bolivia
• Burma (Myanmar) (Irrawaddy Delta region)
• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Eritrea (outside Asmara)
• Haiti
• Lebanon
• Nepal (outside Kathmandu Valley)
• Sri Lanka ( portions of Sri Lanka: north of a line following the highway from Puttalam through Anuradhapura to Polonaruwa, and Bibile and Pottuvil in the northern and eastern regions and on all buses and trains )
• Yemen

Moderate Travel Warning:

• Algeria (The U.S. Department of State recommends that American citizens avoid overland travel in Algeria, and particularly warns against travel to the Kabylie region.  Travel restrictions on U.S. Embassy personnel also limit, and at times may prevent, the provision of consular services)
• China (Sichuan province)
• Colombia
• Congo, Democratic Republic of the
• Eritrea (within Asmara)
• Georgia (U.S. citizens are encouraged to limit travel outside the capital of Tbilisi.)
• Israel, (other than the areas with a Highest travel warning)
• Ivory Coast
• Kenya
• Nepal (within Kathmandu Valley)
• Nigeria
• Philippines (other than areas with High travel warning)
• Sudan
• Sri Lanka (other than areas with High travel warning)
• Syria
• Timor-Leste (formerly East Timor)
• Uzbekistan