Government Travel Advisories
Among the leading sources of information on identifying risk for the travelling public are Travel
Advisories issued by various governments around the world. For example, Australia’s Department of
Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) monitors current activities in more than 140 overseas destinations
and provides advice to travellers through its travel information website: http://www.dfat.gov.au/travel
/index.html. The advice covers a range of health and safety issues, including crime, infectious
diseases, seismic activity and weather patterns. A similar service is offered to travellers by the British
Foreign and Commonwealth Office (http://193.114.50.10/travel/); the US State Department
(http://travel.state.gov/travel_warnings.html) and the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and
International Trade (http://voyage.dfait-maeci.gc.ca/destinations /menu_e.htm).