--- title: "Safety Abroad: Travel Advice, Vaccines & Crime — Geo-Parity" description: "What the UK and US governments advise, passport rules, the jabs a clinic will ask about, and measured homicide, air quality and disaster risk — by country." canonical: "https://geo-parity.com/safety/" generator: geo-parity markdown twin --- Safety # Is it safe, and what do I need before I go What the UK and US governments advise, passport rules, the jabs a clinic will ask about, and measured homicide, air quality and disaster risk — by country. ### [Government Travel Advice](https://geo-parity.com/safety/?tab=advice) What the UK FCDO and the US State Department say about going — their levels side by side, the latest change, and the FCDO's passport and visa lines for British citizens. GET /api/travel-advice.json ### [Vaccines & Health Prep](https://geo-parity.com/safety/?tab=health) The yellow-fever certificate position, the vaccines NaTHNaC recommends for most and some UK travellers, and whether malaria is a consideration — facts with the source page linked. GET /api/health-prep.json ### [Homicide, Air Quality & Disaster Risk](https://geo-parity.com/safety/?tab=stats) Measured danger once there: intentional homicides per 100,000 and PM2.5 exposure from the World Bank, each with its year, beside the INFORM disaster-risk band. GET /api/safety-stats.json ### [Health System Capacity](https://geo-parity.com/safety/?tab=capacity) Doctors, nurses and hospital beds per 10,000 people beside the UHC coverage index — how much health system exists, not whether a visitor can use it. GET /api/health-capacity.json ### [Driving Rules Abroad](https://geo-parity.com/safety/?tab=driving) Which side of the road, speed limits in the unit signed there, the drink-drive limit, equipment you must carry and whether you need an International Driving Permit. GET /api/driving-rules.json ### [Country Risk (INFORM)](https://geo-parity.com/country-risk/) Hazard exposure, vulnerability and whether institutions could cope — reported on its own, never folded into a cost or livability score. GET /api/risk.json ## Every figure here is computed, not collected Nothing on this site is a crowdsourced estimate or an editorial top ten. Each tool runs a published dataset — World Bank, IMF, OECD, Eurostat, WHO, HUD — through an engine you can call yourself, and every JSON response carries a citation naming the source and the year it refers to. Where a figure is modelled rather than measured, the page says so. Each tool above has a free JSON API and an MCP tool, listed on the card. See [how it works](https://geo-parity.com/about/) or the [ranked answers](https://geo-parity.com/best/) if you would rather start from a shortlist than a calculator. Not sure which tool to start with? [Ask the adviser](https://geo-parity.com/adviser/) what matters to you (Pro), and it will work through these figures for you. ## Other questions - [Compare countries](https://geo-parity.com/) — What is my money actually worth there? - [What a month costs](https://geo-parity.com/expenses/) — What does living there actually cost? - [Earning and staying](https://geo-parity.com/earn/) — What should I charge, and how long does my money last? - [Where to go, and whether you can](https://geo-parity.com/move/) — Where should I go — and am I allowed to? - [Working from there](https://geo-parity.com/work/) — Can I actually do my job from there? - [Will my money work there](https://geo-parity.com/money/) — Will my money work there? - [What must I comply with](https://geo-parity.com/rules/) — What must I comply with? - [Can I afford to retire there](https://geo-parity.com/retire/) — Can I afford to retire there? - [Can I run a business there](https://geo-parity.com/business/) — Can I run a business there? Official advice and measured figures with their source and date, for information only — conditions change; read the source before travelling. For hazard, vulnerability and coping capacity in full, use the [country-risk tool](https://geo-parity.com/country-risk/). ## What do the UK and US governments say about going? Two foreign ministries grade the same country on different scales and often disagree; both are shown as published, with the date of the FCDO's latest change and its passport and visa lines for British citizens. For information only — read the linked page before travelling. 🇹🇭 Thailand - **UK FCDO**: Advises against all but essential travel to parts (updated 2026-09-18) - **Latest FCDO change**: Updated information on visa exemption scheme, business ownership and deportation ('Entry requirements' and ‘Safety and security’ pages) - **US State Department**: Level 1: exercise normal precautions (updated 2026-07-06) - **Passport validity**: To enter Thailand, your passport must have an 'expiry date' at least 6 months after the date you arrive and have at least 1 blank page. - **Visa (British citizens)**: From 15 September 2026, if you enter Thailand under the visa exemption scheme, you can stay for up to 30 days for tourism only. Visa-exempt entry does not cover business travel, including attending conferences, meetings or other business activities. If you are travelling for business purposes, you should obtain the appropriate visa before you travel. - **Health risks the FCDO lists**: Zika virus, malaria and dengue, rabies [FCDO page](https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/thailand) · [State Department advisory](https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/thailand-travel-advisory.html) - Official advice and statistics as published by the named sources on the dates shown, for information only. Conditions change; check the source before travelling. - The FCDO (UK) and the US State Department grade travel differently and often disagree; neither is rescored here. Entry requirements are the FCDO's for British citizens — other passports differ. ### Least restricted, by both governments 1. 🇬🇧 United Kingdom — / US 2 2. 🇺🇸 United States none / US — 3. 🇦🇷 Argentina none / US 1 4. 🇦🇺 Australia none / US 1 5. 🇨🇦 Canada none / US 1 6. 🇨🇿 Czechia none / US 1 7. 🇬🇷 Greece none / US 1 8. 🇭🇺 Hungary none / US 1 UK FCDO foreign travel advice (gov.uk Content API, Open Government Licence) and US Department of State advisory levels, 41 of 41. Refreshed 2026-09-20. [JSON](https://geo-parity.com/api/travel-advice.json?country=TH) --- Source: Geo-Parity — https://geo-parity.com/safety/