International Workplace points new journey warnings for 16 international locations

The International Workplace has cautioned UK travellers heading to 16 international locations amid rising regional tensions.

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The International Workplace has cautioned UK travellers heading to 16 international locations amid rising regional tensions (Picture: Getty)

The International Workplace has issued a recent journey warning for 16 international locations amid rising regional tensions, urging travellers to train warning and keep knowledgeable earlier than planning journeys overseas. Standard vacation hotspots, together with Dubai, Turkey and Cyprus, are among the many locations flagged within the advisory.

Officers say that the warnings are based mostly on “critical issues” about security and safety in these areas. Whereas many international locations stay protected for vacationers, the International Workplace is encouraging travellers to test the newest steering and register with the UK Authorities’s journey service earlier than departure. The complete checklist of nations underneath the newest advisory contains a mixture of well-known vacationer locations and areas at the moment experiencing political instability.

Man stands by the wreckage of a burnt out bus in Tehran, Iran

Tensions are escalating between Iran and the US over Tehran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests (Picture: Getty)

In an alert issued on Thursday (January 15), the International Workplace mentioned: “There’s a heightened danger of regional stress. Escalation might result in journey disruption and different unanticipated impacts. British nationals ought to take wise precautions, contemplating their very own particular person circumstances.”

Whereas the warnings don’t ban journey outright, they alert travellers to potential dangers. Specialists advocate that anybody planning a visit to the affected international locations fastidiously think about the steering and make contingency plans. Holidaymakers are additionally suggested to remain vigilant and comply with native recommendation.

It comes after Iran instantly shut its airspace to industrial flights within the early hours of Thursday, inflicting main disruption as worldwide airways had been pressured to divert across the Iranian airspace. This got here amid escalating tensions with the US over Tehran’s violent crackdown on nationwide protests.

Final month, the International Workplace warned travellers heading to Dubai of potential “terrorist assaults” that would goal British nationals. It cautioned that terrorists might attempt to perform assaults within the UAE, together with Dubai, a metropolis which welcomes as much as 16 million worldwide guests annually.

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