Current travel advisories for Myanmar

Last Update: Friday, 15. February 2019 at 18:14

We advice caution when travelling to Myanmar.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 2.2 / 5

Myanmar is a country in Asia (South-Eastern Asia) with around 48 million citizens and a land mass of 678,500 km². We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 2.4 / 5

Myanmar shares land borders with 5 neighbouring states. For this country, the Danger Index is 2.4 (average value for all countries). All countries habe been reported as somehow dangerous: Bangladesh (3.0), India (2.7), China (2.3), Thailand with (2.3) and Laos with (1.8 of 5). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Maltese government

https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 1

Take normal precautions.

US American government

http://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/burma-travel-advisory.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 2

Canadian government

https://travel.gc.ca/destinations/myanmar

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)

Danger level: 2

Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories).

New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/myanmar

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise increased caution elsewhere in Myanmar due to the uncertain political situation and potential for civil unrest.

Danger level: 2

Exercise increased caution / Some Risk.

New Zealand government

https://www.safetravel.govt.nz/myanmar

Regional warning: This advisory covers a specific region.

Brief summary:
Avoid non-essential travel along the borders with Laos, Thailand, India, Bangladesh and China, including official border crossings. Military activity, ethnic militias, armed drug smugglers and the presence of landmines pose a particularly high risk to your safety. Avoid non-essential travel to Kachin State (excluding Myitkyina), the northern Rakhine State areas of Maungdaw, Buthidaung and Rathedaung, northern Shan State and Paletwa township in southern Chin State due to ethnic tensions and the potential for armed conflict and violent civil unrest.

Reisewarnstufe: 4

Avoid non-essential travel / High Risk.

Cypriot government

http://www.mfa.gov.cy/mfa/mfa2016.nsf/travel_en.html

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Avoid non-essential travel to certain areas

Danger level: 3

Avoid non-essential travel to certain areas.

Irish government

https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/myanmar-burma/

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
High degree of caution

Danger level: 3

High degree of caution.

If there is more than one advisory/message of a single government for a given country, it indicates regional differences in means of security for your personal health and well-being. Single messages can indicate specific regions to be safer or less safe as mentioned in the main advisory. In these cases it's advisable to consult your own governments information.

Warnindex Description

Extreme Warning (index value: 4.5 - 5)

You should avoid any trips. A high warning index is a sound indicator of potential harm to your health and well-being.

High Risk (index value: 3.5 - 4.5)

Travel should be reduced to a necessary minimum and be conducted with good preparation and high attention.

Medium Risk (index value: 2.5 - 3.5)

Warnings often relate to specific regions within a country. However, high attention is still advised when moving around.

Low Risk (index value: 0 - 2.5)

Usually this is an indicator that travelling in this country is relatively safe. Higher attention is advised with values > 1.

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Country information

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Basic facts

Citizens: around 48 million
Covering landmass: 678,500 km²
Currency: Kyat (MMK)
ISO 2-Letter Code: MM
Phone prefix: +95
Top Level Domain: .mm

Airports in Myanmar (extern)

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Pictures from the capital

"Shopping Complex" uploaded by ayethiha

"GEMS Musiam Nay Pyi Taw" uploaded by Kabir Uddin

"Nay Pyi Taw Water Fountain Garden " uploaded by Kabir Uddin

"New residential houses" uploaded by Anuar T

"ေနျပည္ေတာ္ စည္ပင္ NPTDC" uploaded by intellibits

"緬甸國門？內比都一景" uploaded by kogiaung1

"缅甸内比都喷泉花园（Nay Pyi Taw Water Fountain Garden）" uploaded by 白头翁

"缅甸内比都宝石博物馆（Nay Pyi Taw Gems Museum）" uploaded by 白头翁

"Linn Computer 2" uploaded by infominmin

"Naypyidaw City Hall" uploaded by zhivik89

"Naypyidaw. Ministry of Home Affairs" uploaded by zhivik89

"Palace" uploaded by Marina Lystseva

"Swimming pool" uploaded by Marina Lystseva

"road" uploaded by Marina Lystseva

"Hotel" uploaded by Marina Lystseva

"Uppatasanti Pagoda" uploaded by Marina Lystseva

"" uploaded by Marina Lystseva

"Naypyidaw. View of the intersection at Thabyegone Roundabout" uploaded by zhivik89

"Naypyidaw. Thabyegone Market" uploaded by zhivik89

"Naypyidaw Road" uploaded by Medhasith

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Note of the displayed travel advisories

These trabel advisories are automatically gathered. We use the RSS Feeds of the corresponding authorities of the single countries. In some cases, we analyse the website itself. Since the information originates from different countries and different countries have different understanding of danger and danger levels. Thus, the information displayed is an automized and normalized representation with no right to completeness and correctness. If a country is not shown, it doesn't necessarily mean it's safe. The information shown if a first indicator.