‘Do not travel’: 103 travel warnings to know before booking your next holiday

Popular destinations like Dubai and Cyprus have found themselves caught up in the rising conflict in the Middle East, following the US and Israel’s attack on Iran. It has seen the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office update its travel advice for many countries.

It may cause you to have to re-evaluate your plans for this year’s summer holiday. People in a tourism hotspot were told last month to ‘stay indoors’.

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But what travel warnings are currently in place? Here’s all you need to know:

Is it safe to travel to Cyprus?

Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption.

Is it safe to travel to the UAE?

FCDO advises against all but essential travel to United Arab Emirates. Regional escalation poses significant security risks and has led to travel disruption.

Stay away from areas around security or military facilities. Follow the instructions of the local authorities and monitor local and international media for the latest information.

Is it safe to travel to Qatar?

The government advises against all but essential travel to Qatar.

Is it safe to travel to Oman?

On its website, the FCDO said: “We advise that British nationals in the city of Duqm and surrounding area shelter in place.

“Any British nationals currently visiting Salalah, or within 100km, should look to leave as soon as possible if commercial means allow. British residents in Salalah should follow the advice of local authorities, sheltering in place as required.”

Advises against all travel

• Afghanistan
• Algeria border areas (including borders with: Libya, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Tunisia - in the provinces of Illizi and Ouargla and in the Chaambi mountains area
• Armenia-Azerbaijan border
• Parts of Armenia - including: M16/H26 road between Ijevan and Noyemberyan
• Belarus
• Benin - Northern border regions
• Burkina Faso
• Burundi - Former Cibitoke and Bubanza provinces, Former Kayanza Province, Melchior Ndadaye International Airport to Cibitoke, Former Bujumbura Rural Province
• Cameroon - Bakassi Peninsula, Cameroon-Central African Republic border, Cameroon-Chad border, Cameroon-Nigeria border, Far-North Region, north-west region, south-west region
• Central African Republic - including the areas of Bimbo, Begoua and Coline, except to the capital, Bangui
• Chad - Borkou, Ennedi Ouest, Ennedi Est and Tibesti provinces, Kanem Province, including Nokou, Lake Chad region, within 30km of all Chad’s other borders
• Congo - Republic of Congo-Central African Republic border area in Likouala Region
• Côte d'Ivoire - Borders with Burkina Faso and Mali
• Democratic Republic of Congo - DRC-Central African Republic border, Eastern DRC, Territory in Mai-Ndombe Province, Kasaï Oriental
• Djibouti - Djibouti-Eritrea border
• Egypt - Egypt-Libya border, North Sinai
• Eritrea - within 25km of Eritrea’s land borders
• Ethiopia - border areas, Tigray region, Amhara region, Afar region, Gambela region, Oromia region, Somali region, Central, Southern, Sidama and South West regions, Benishangul-Gumuz region
• Georgia - South Ossetia and Abkhazia
• Haiti
• India - Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India-Pakistan border area
• Indonesia - volcanoes including: Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki, Mount Sinabung, Mount Marapi, Mount Semeru, Mount Ruang, Mount Ibu
• Iran
• Iraq
• Israel
• Jordan - Jordan-Syria border
• Kenya - Kenya-Somalia border and northern parts of the east coast
• Lebanon - Areas in Beirut and Mount Lebanon Governorate, South and Nabatiyeh Governorates, Beqaa Governorate, Baalbek-Hermel Governorate, Tripoli and to the rest of Northern governorate north of the road running from Chekka to Ariz via Kousba, Ehden and Bsharri (but not including the road itself), Akkar Governorate, Palestinian refugee camps
• Libya - except for the cities of Benghazi and Misrata
• Mali
• Mauritania - Eastern Mauritania (except the towns of Kankossa, Akhreijit, Ghallaouia, Zouerat, Fderîck and onwards west to the border with Western Sahara), Mauritania-Mali border
• Molvoda - Transnistria
• Mozambique - Cabo Delgado Province, Nampula Province, Niassa Province
• Myanmar (Burma) - Chin State, Kachin State, Kayah State, Kayin Sate, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing and Magway regions, Tanintharyi Region, excluding Myeik township, and the archipelago and townships south of Tanintharyi township, Shan State North, North Mandalay Region; the townships north of Mandalay City and Pyin Oo Lwin, East of the Yangon-Mandalay Expressway in Bago region
• Niger
• Nigeria - Borno State, Yobe State, Adamawa State, Gombe State, Katsina State, Zamfara State, the riverine areas (the river and swamp locations accessible by boat, but not by road) of Delta, Bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom and Cross River states.
• Pakistan - Pakistan-Afghanistan border, Balochistan Province, Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Bajaur, Bannu, Buner, Chārsadda, Dera Ismail Khan, Hangu, Karak, Khyber, Kohat, Kurram, Lakki Marwat, Upper Dir, Lower Dir
• Mohmand, Orakzai, Peshawar, including the city of Peshawar, Swat, Tank, North Waziristan, Upper South Waziristan, Lower South Waziristan, the Karakoram Highway between Mansehra and Chilas via Battagram, Besham City, Dasu and Sazin up to the junction with the N15, the N45 Highway, from the north of the Mardan ring road, to the edge of Chitral City, including Kalash valley
• Palestine
• Philippines - western and central Mindanao and the Sulu archipelago
• Russia
• Saudi Arabia - all travel to within 10km of the border with Yemen
• Somalia - Parts of Somalia, including eastern Somaliland - excluding the 3 western regions of Somaliland – Awdal, Maroodijeh and Sahil
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Syria
• Togo - within 30km of the border with Burkina Faso
• Tunisia - the Chaambi Mountains National Park, the designated military operations zones: Mount Salloum, Mount Sammamma, Mount Mghila, the militarised zone south of the towns of El Borma and Dhehiba, within 20km of the rest of the Tunisia-Libya border area north of Dhehiba, the town of Ben Guerdane and immediate surrounding area
• Turkey - within 10km of the border with Syria
• Ukraine - Crimea, border with Belarus, Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, all other regions with some exceptions in the west.
• Venezuela - within 80km (50 miles) of the border with Colombia, within 40km (25 miles) of the border with Brazil, within 40km (25 miles) of the border with Guyana, Orinoco Mining Arc (‘Arco Minero’) region to the south of the Orinoco river, the area to the south of the Orinoco river, Zulia
• Western Sahara - areas in Western Sahara within 30km North and West of ‘the Berm’ boundary line, areas in Western Sahara the territory south and east of ‘the Berm’ boundary line
• Yemen

Advises against all but essential travel

• Algeria-Tunisia border
• Algeria - Cabinda Province, except Cabinda city, Border areas in Lunda Norte Province
• South-western Azerbaijan (those regions affected by conflict in 2020 and 2023)
• Bahrain
• Chittagong Hill Tracts in Bangladesh - Rangamati, Khagrachari, Bandarban
• Benin - Eastern Benin, Alibori and Atacora
• Bolivia - Chapare region of Cochabamba Department
• Brazil - Amazonas State
• Burundi - Bujumbura Rural, Bujumbura Mairie
• Cambodia - within 20km from the land border with Thailand
• Cameroon - Limbé, North Region, Adamawa Region and Maroua, Adamawa Region
• Central African Republic - Bangui, including Bangui M’Poko International Airport
• Chad - all parts of Chad not mentioned in the above section
• Colombia - Colombia-Venezuela border, northern Colombia, Pacific coast and Colombia-Panama border, Central Colombia, Colombia-Ecuador border, southern Colombia
• Côte d’Ivoire-Liberia border
• Cuba
• Democratic Republic of Congo - areas in Kinshasa Province, Kasaï, Kasaï Central, Tshopo Province
• Ecuador - Coastal Region (Esmeraldas, Manabí, Santa Elena, Guayas, El Oro, Los Ríos, Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas) and within 20km of the Ecuador-Colombia border
• Egypt - Northern part of South Sinai, Eastern part of Ismailiyah Governorate, Western Desert, Hala’ib Triangle and Bir Tawil Trapezoid
• Ethiopia - the Siti zone, the Nogob (previously Fik), Jarar (previously Degehabur), Shabelle (previously Gode), Korahe and Dollo (previously Warder), areas of Liben and Afder zones more than 100km from the Somalia and Kenya borders
• Ghana - Bawku Municipality
• Guatemala - within 5km of the Mexican border from the Pacific Coast up to and including the Gracias a Dios crossing, to the towns of Santa Ana Huista, San Antonio Huista and La Democracia in the department of Huehuetenango
• India - Manipur
• Jordan - all other areas (see above)
• Kenya - Garissa Town, Tana River County north of the Tana River as far as the town of Saka, within 15km of the east coast between the Tana River and the Galana (Athi-Galana-Sabaki) River
• Kosovo - Zvečan, Zupin Potok and Leposavic, and areas of Mitrovica north of the river Ibar
• Kuwait
• Laos - Xaisomboun Province
• Lebanon - the rest of the Northern Governorate (see above)
• Libya - cities of Benghazi and Misrata
• Malaysia - Eastern Sabah coastal islands
• Mauritania - Mauritania-Western Sahara border, Tiris Zemmour, Adrar, Tagant, Hodh el Gharbi, Assaba, Gorgol and Guidimaka provinces
• Mexico - State of Baja California, State of Chihuahua, State of Sinaloa, State of Tamaulipas, State of Zacatecas, State of Guanajuato, State of Michoacán, State of Jalisco, State of Colima, State of Guerrero, State of Chiapas
• Myanmar (Burma) - Shan State South and East, Mandalay Region, Tanintharyi Region south of Tanintharyi township, the rest of Bago region, the townships of Kyangin, Myanaung, Ingapu, Lemyethna, Yegyi, Thabaung and Pathein in Ayeyarwady region
• Nigeria - Bauchi State, Kaduna State, Kano State, Kebbi State, Jigawa State, Sokoto State, Niger State, Kogi State, Plateau State, Taraba State, Abia State, non-riverine areas of Delta, Bayelsa, and Rivers States, Anambra State, Imo State
• North Korea
• Pakistan - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province: Malakand, Mardan, Nowshera, Shangla, Swabi, Pakistan-India Border Area, Sindh Province north of and including the city of Nawabshah, Dera Ghazi Khan
• Papua New Guinea - Hela and Southern Highlands Provinces due to the high risk of tribal fighting, Enga Province in the Highlands, except Wabag District
• Peru - Within 20km south of the Peru-Colombia border, Valley of the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM)
• Philippines - the remainder of Mindanao, except for: Camiguin Island, Dinagat Island, Siargao Island
• Qatar
• Rwanda - parts of Rusizi District which are within 10km of the border with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), including the Rwandan islands in Lake Kivu and Kamembe Airport
• Saudi Arabia - all but essential travel to areas between 10km and 80km from the border with Yemen, Eastern Province, Riyadh Province
• Somalia - Western Somaliland - Awdal (including Boorama), Maroodijeh (including Hargeisa) and Sahil (including Berbera)
• Tanzania - to any area within 20km of the Tanzanian border with the Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique
• Thailand - near the Thailand-Malaysia border, Thailand-Cambodia border
• Togo - all but essential travel to the rest of the Savanes region.
• Tunisia - areas north and west of the town of Ghardimaou in Jendouba Governorate, including El Feidja National Park, within 20km of the Tunisia-Algeria border in El Kef and Jendouba governorates, south of the town of Jendouba, Kasserine Governorate, including the town of Sbeitla, within 10km of the rest of the Tunisia-Algeria border south of Kasserine Governorate, within 10km of Mount Mghila, Mount Orbata
• Ukraine - Zakarpattia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Ternopil, Chernivtsi, Lviv in western Ukraine, Parts further than 50km from the border with Belarus
• United Arab Emirates
• Venezuela - the remaining areas of Venezuela

The longer the war in the Middle East continues, the more likely it is there will be economic damage in the UK, Sir Keir Starmer has warned.

The Prime Minister insisted the economy was resilient and well placed to absorb the “likely impact” on households and businesses.

He acknowledged people’s concerns about the threat of rising bills in the wake of the US-Israeli assault on Iran and Tehran’s reprisals against countries across the region.

Oil prices have soared above 100 dollars a barrel for the first time since 2022 in response to the crisis.

London’s FTSE 100 Index fell nearly 2% soon after opening as the Middle East conflict caused an acute supply crunch.

At a community centre in London, Sir Keir said: “People will sense, you will sense I think, that the longer this goes on, the more likely the potential for an impact on our economy, impact into the lives and households of everybody and every business.

“And our job is to get ahead of that, to look around the corner, assess the risk, monitor the risks, and work with others in relation to that.”