Your fall (and soon-to-be winter) getaway may have to be put on pause as Canada has just issued some serious travel advisories for some favourite destinations. These places are all much-loved for their sunshine, history, and delicious food, but that doesn’t mean that they’re the safest places for tourists.
Canada Travel Advisories
The Government of Canada has its travel advisories split into four different categories. At the top, you have “Take normal security precautions”. This means to be careful and aware of where you’re travelling, but there are not any major dangers that tourists should be on the lookout for.
Next is “Exercise a high degree of caution”, which advises travellers to practice extra caution while in a certain country. This can be due to serious and petty crime, weather, and violence– both physical and sexual.
“Avoid all non-essential travel” and “Avoid all travel” will have travellers avoiding these destinations completely. This is usually due to wars, armed conflict, and major natural disasters, among other serious reasons.
8 Favourite Destinations With A Travel Advisory
- Jamaica: Avoid all travel
- Trinidad and Tobago: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
- Mexico: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
- Bahamas: Exercise a high degree of caution
- Costa Rica: Exercise a high degree of caution
- Dominican Republic: Exercise a high degree of caution
- Cuba: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
- Turks and Caicos: Exercise a high degree of caution
The majority of these destinations have travel advisories due to crime– especially violent crime. Gang activity is common in places like Mexico, as well as Trinidad and Tobago; occurrences of armed robbery, assault, and kidnapping are regular happenings, wherein tourists can become caught in the crossfire. Petty crime, spiked food and drinks, and fraud are also common in these destinations.
As for Jamaica’s warning, this is due to the extensive damage caused by Hurricane Melissa. October 28, 2025 saw the hurricane sweeping through the country, destroying much infrastructure. Day-to-day operations are currently affected, including transportation, power, water and food supply, and telecommunications.
For more information on travel advisories that Canada has issued, check here.
