Central
American Travel Links, Information and State Department Warnings
Welcome
to World Travelers of America (WTA) Foreign Destination Information. WTA
provides travel information on many countries around the world. This
information may include: U.S. State Department information, tourism
information, and a map. The U.S. State Department information contains
Travel Warnings, Public Announcements and Consular Information Sheets. A
description of each is listed below.
Travel Warnings
are issued when the State Department decides, based on all relevant
information, to recommend that Americans avoid travel to a certain
country. Countries where avoidance of travel is recommended will have
Travel Warnings as well as Consular Information Sheets.
Public
Announcements
are a means to disseminate information about terrorist threats and other
relatively short-term and/or trans-national conditions posing significant
risks to the security of American travelers. They are made any time there
is a perceived threat and usually have Americans as a particular target
group. In the past, Public Announcements have been issued to deal with
short-term coups, bomb threats to airlines, violence by terrorists and
anniversary dates of specific terrorist events.
Consular
Information Sheets
are available for every country of the world. They include such
information as location of the U.S. Embassy or Consulate in the subject
country, unusual immigration practices, health conditions, minor political
disturbances, unusual currency and entry regulations, crime and security
information, and drug penalties. If an unstable condition exists in a
country that is not severe enough to warrant a Travel Warning, a
description of the condition(s) may be included under an optional section
entitled "Safety/Security." On limited occasions, also restated
in this section is any U.S. Embassy advice given to official employees.
Consular Information Sheets generally do not include advice, but present
information in a factual manner so the traveler can make his or her own
decisions concerning travel to a particular country
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