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 Peru is (relatively) safe. We detected travel advisories from 6 sources for this specific country.
Peru shares a land border with 5 neighbouring states. For this region of countries (including Peru), the Advisory Index is 2.3 (average value over all countries). All countries have some reported advisories: Colombia (2.6), Ecuador (2.5), Bolivia (2.3), Brazil with 2.3 and Chile with 1.5 (of 5).
These are the individual advisories published by other countries about the destination Peru from a travellers perspective. The scoring of all messages combined is the foundation for the current rating 2.3 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 Peru, due to crime and Pan American / Parapan American Games. Some areas have increased risk. Read the entire Travel Advisory. Do not travel to: The Colombian - Peruvian border area in the Loreto Region due to crime. The Valley of the Apurímac, Ene, and Mantaro Rivers (VRAEM), including areas within the Departments of Ayacucho, ...
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: 4 - Reconsider travelling. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Avoid non-essential travel to within 20 kilometres of the border with Colombia and Ecuador due to the presence of drug traffickers, the occasional presence of armed guerrilla forces, and landmines. Avoid crossing the border with Colombia by land.
Danger level: 2 - Travel is usually safe. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
Iaktta normal försiktighet - Relativt tryggt resmål. Undvik demonstrationer och resor till provinserna Huancavelican, Ayacucho och Junin.
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Peru.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Ayaquchu
Info: Iaktta särskild försiktighet
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Peru.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Junin
Info: Iaktta särskild försiktighet
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is a regional information covering specific areas of Peru.
Issued by: Finnish government
Coverage: Wankawelika
Info: Iaktta särskild försiktighet
Danger level: 3 - Travel with high caution. This is the general advisory usually covering the country as a whole.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion informs Maltese travellers that a magnitude 8 earthquake hit Peru and killed one person, destroyed dozens of homes and disrupted some oil operations. The quake - the biggest to hit Peru since 2007 - was felt across the country and in neighboring Ecuador and Colombia after striking the sparsely-populated region ...
Source: https://foreignaffairs.gov.mt/en/Pages/Travel-Advice.aspx
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/peru/
This is the change history of the risk assessment of Peru.
The total rating for Peru changed from 2.2 to 2.4. Here are the influencing details:
The United States government increased their existing warning for Peru to 2.0 (of 5.0) from the previous rating of 1.0 (by +1.0).
Peru with its capital Lima is a country in South America (South America), slightly smaller than Alaska (1,285,220 km²). The country is located Western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador. The climate can be described as varies from tropical in east to dry desert in west; temperate to frigid in Andes. The landscape is western coastal plain (costa), high and rugged Andes in center (sierra), eastern lowland jungle of Amazon Basin (selva). With a population of about 29.04 million citizens.
| Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Capital | Lima |
| Population | about 29.04 million |
| Size | 1.285.220 km² |
| Size comparable to | slightly smaller than Alaska |
| Common languages | Aymara, Spanish, Quechua |
| Currency | Sol (short: PEN) |
| Common voltage (electricity) | 220V - 60Hz |
| Used GSM Frequencies | 1900 |
| International phone prefix | +51 |
| Internet Top Level Domain | .pe |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 2 | PE |
| Countrycode: ISO Alpha 3 | PER |
| Countrycode: ISO Numeric | 604 |
These are problems Peru 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 Peru. 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 Peru.
Export products
Import products
Peru is currently rated at 2,3 out of a possible 5.0. Collected from 6 official sources. Travelling Peru is (relatively) safe.
You are good to go, enjoy your trip to Peru.
We currently evaluate 11 official sources each morning. Today, we know of active advisories from 6 individual sources for Peru.
Peru has a size of 1,285,220 km² or 496,226 mi² which is slightly smaller than Alaska.
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