UK
The Foreign Office has put 29 countries on red alert and announced which ones are on the UK's "No Travel" list. There are many places in the globe that visitors from the UK should avoid because there are about 200 countries and territories in all. The Foreign Office issues warnings for a variety of reasons, including wars and conflicts as well as concerns about safety and security risks. In certain places, there is a risk of terrorism and terror attacks; in other places, there is a chance of extreme weather.
Kosovo - all but essential travel warning for significant parts of the country
Russia - do not travel
Ukraine - do not travel
Middle East
Iraq - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Iran - do not travel
Israel - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Lebanon - do not travel
Occupied Palestinian territories - do not travel
Syria - do not travel
Yemen - do not travel
Africa
Burkina Faso - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Cameroon - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Chad - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Central African Republic - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Ethiopia - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts of the country
Libya - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Mali - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Mauritania - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts of the country
Niger - do not travel
Nigeria - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts of the country
Somalia - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
South Sudan - do not travel
Sudan - do not travel
Western Sahara - do not travel warning for significant parts of the country
Americas
Haiti - do not travel
Venezuela - do not travel and all but essential travel warning
Asia
Afghanistan - do not trave
Myanmar - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts of the country
North Korea - all but essential travel warning; borders have not reopened since Covid
Pakistan - do not travel and all but essential travel warning for significant parts of the country
By summer of next year, the EU intends to implement its €7 EU visa waiver for British tourists. The EU external website states that the program will begin "in the first half of 2025" and that it will benefit citizens of over 60 non-EU nations, including the UK. EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson hinted that the visa waiver might be implemented by the May half-term vacation in 2025 in remarks that were initially obtained by the Times, external. Speaking, she announced that the Entry/Exit Scheme (EES), which will begin on November 10 and require non-EU travellers to register their fingerprints and a photo in lieu of having their passports stamped, will go into effect.The European Union intends to implement its €7 EU visa waiver program for British tourist.