Safe destinations highlighted by Smartraveller
Run by the Australian government, Smartraveller offers travel advice to educate the travelling public about the risks they face in different destinations
Part of how they do this is through classifying countries into four different levels of risk:
- Level 1 - Exercise normal safety precautions
- Level 2 - Exercise a high degree of caution
- Level 3 - Reconsider your need to travel
- Level 4 - Do not travel.
Countries are assessed on multiple criteria, including entry requirements, local laws, health risks (including Covid-19 and other infectious diseases), the quality and availability of healthcare, and any specific safety issues like natural disasters, unrest or sociopolitical violence, and local crime rates. Smartraveller also includes specific advice for female and/or LGBTQIAP+ travellers, since these groups can face additional safety risk when journeying abroad.
The countries currently on the Smartraveller Level 1 list are:
Indian Ocean
- Seychelles
- Mauritius
Americas
- Canada
- US
- Uruguay
- Argentina
Asia
- Laos
- Singapore
- Cambodia
- Japan
- South Korea (Republic of Korea)
Europe
- Sweden
- Norway
- Denmark
- Iceland
- Finland
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Slovenia
- Austria
- Lithuania
- Estonia
- Spain
- Poland
- Greece
- Romania
- Latvia
- Switzerland
- Slovakia
- Hungary
- Netherlands
- Malta
- Bulgaria
Pacific
- Guam
- French Polynesia
- Palau
- New Zealand
- Fiji