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.