What We Found in 18 Years of U.S. Travel Warnings
Photo Credit: A heat map of where the U.S. State Department has issued travel warnings. Skift
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Travel warnings signal areas with long-term chronic concerns for U.S. citizens so they're less about informing travelers and more about maintaining status updates on already controversial areas.
In the first four months of 2015, the U.S. State Department has already issued updates to travel warnings for 18 countries.
Nigeria, Honduras, and Yemen were a few of the countries in which changing conditions prompted an update this year. Updates are frequent occurrences with the a mixture of field officers and government agencies informing the department’s Bureau of Consular affairs.
Although travel warnings don't necessarily mean U.S. citizens can not visit a destination, it does signify long-term circumstances which are not ideal to vacations or even business travel.
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