Current travel advisories for Panama

Last Update: Monday, 15. July 2019 at 07:22

Travelling Panama is (relatively) safe.

Travel warnings for this region [to world map].

Current situation : 1.8 / 5

Panama is a country in North America (Central America) with around 4 million citizens and a land mass of 78,200 km². We detected travel advisories from 4 sources for this country.

Bordering countries: 2.2 / 5

Panama shares land borders with Colombia and Costa Rica. For these countries, the individual warning index is 2.4 (Colombia) and 2.0 (Costa Rica). See danger map of the region.

Single advisories / travel warnings

Canadian government

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

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:

Danger level: 0

Exercise normal security precautions (with regional advisories).

US American government

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

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise normal precautions in Panama. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: Parts of the Mosquito Gulf due to crime. Parts of the Darién Region due to crime. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.

Danger level: 1

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.

New Zealand government

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

National warning: This advisory covers the whole country.

Brief summary:
Exercise increased caution elsewhere in Panama due to criminal activity and the potential for civil unrest.

Danger level: 2

Exercise increased caution / Some Risk.

New Zealand government

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

Regional warning: This advisory covers a specific region.

Brief summary:
Do not travel to the Darien Gap, south of the town of Yaviza, due to violent crime and the presence of drug traffickers and armed guerrilla forces. This includes the Darien National Park, nature reserves and tourist resorts.

Reisewarnstufe: 5

Do not travel / Extreme Risk.

Irish government

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

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 4 million
Covering landmass: 78,200 km²
Electricity: 110V - 60Hz
Currency: Balboa (PAB)
ISO 2-Letter Code: PA
Phone prefix: +507
Top Level Domain: .pa
Mobile frequencies (MHz): 1800

Airports in Panama (extern)

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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.