'Do not travel': How to handle changes in DFAT warnings

By Michael Gebicki
Updated January 18 2018 - 9:03am, first published 8:47am

Planning a visit to Ethiopia to see the incredible body art of the Mursi people, or maybe a cruise along the Nile to take in the wonders of Luxor? You might want to pause and draw breath for a moment. Both Ethiopia and Egypt come with the warning "Reconsider your need to travel" on the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's (DFAT) Smartraveller website. This is the second most rigorous warning on DFAT's four-level travel advisory ladder, one rung below "Do not travel". Other countries on the "reconsider" list include Pakistan, Honduras, Bahrain and North Korea.

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