Monday, 17. June 2019 at 07:23 AM
Monday, 17. June 2019 at 07:23 AM
We advise caution when travelling to Ecuador Advertising
We advise caution when travelling to Ecuador. We detected travel advisories from 5 sources for this specific country.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. 
Exercise increased caution in Ecuador due to crime. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: Carchi, Sucumbíos, and the northern part of Esmeraldas provinces, including Esmeraldas city, due to crime. Read the Safety and Security section on the country information page.
This is the general advisory covering the whole country.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. 
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
This is the general advisory covering the whole country.
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. 
Do not travel within 20 kilometres of the border with Colombia, except for the official crossing town of Tulcan in the province of Carchi, due to the threat from kidnapping and organised and drug-related crime.
This is the general advisory covering the whole country.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. 
High degree of caution
This is the general advisory covering the whole country.
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/ecuador/
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. 
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion advises Maltese citizens travelling to Ecuador against all travel to within the 20km exclusion zone along the border with Colombia, except for the official border crossing town of Tulcan in Carchi province. This is because of the presence of Guerrilla groups, drug traffickers, and criminal gangs, who pose a ...
This is the general advisory covering the whole country.
Source: https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx
This is the change history of the risk assessment of Ecuador.
The total rating for Ecuador changed from 2.4 to 2.6. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Ecuador to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +1.0).
Ecuador with its capital Quito is a country in South America (South America), slightly smaller than Nevada (283,560 km²). The country is located Western South America, bordering the Pacific Ocean at the Equator, between Colombia and Peru. The climate can be described as tropical along coast, becoming cooler inland at higher elevations; tropical in Amazonian jungle lowlands. The landscape is coastal plain (costa), inter-Andean central highlands (sierra), and flat to rolling eastern jungle (oriente). With a population of about 13.93 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Quito |
| Population | about 13.93 million |
| Size | 283560 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than Nevada |
| Common languages | Spanish |
| Timezone | America/Guayaquil with UTC offset of -5 hour(s) |
| Currency | Dollar (short: USD) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 120V - 60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 1800 |
| International phone prefix | +593 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .ec |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | EC |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | ECU |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 218 |
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