Last verified: Monday, 19. August 2019 at 07:23 AM
Last verified: Monday, 19. August 2019 at 07:23 AM
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Travelling Ecuador is (relatively) safe. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Ecuador from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 2.5 out of 5.0.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Canadian goverment suggests: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories)
Danger level: 5 - Do not travel. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
High degree of caution
Source: https://www.dfa.ie/travel/travel-advice/a-z-list-of-countries/ecuador/
Danger level: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
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 ...
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 | 283.560 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than Nevada |
| Common languages | Spanish |
| 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 |
These are problems Ecuador is facing. Environmental issues refer to damages of the nature due to industry and society. Natural hazzards refer to potential dangers originating in nature.
Environmental problems
Natural hazzards
These are the main product industries and agricultural products of Ecuador. This list indicates what this country is good at producing.
Industries
Agriculture products
These are the main product categories of imports and exports to and from Ecuador.
Export products
Import products
Ecuador is currently rated at 2,5 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. Travelling Ecuador is (relatively) safe.
You are good to go, enjoy your trip to Ecuador.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Ecuador.
Ecuador has a size of 283,560 km² or 109,483 mi² which is slightly smaller than Nevada.
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