Town & Country Travels HomeOne of the questions that comes up a lot when we're kicking around ideas for what stories is, "Is this location safe enough for our readers?" There's only so much information you can glean by reading the State Department's Travel Advisories, and oftentimes, you'll get conflicting information when you talk to friends who have recently visited countries on the list. I have friends who've recently visited Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia -- all of which are on the list. They all came back in one piece (but some of the stories they told convinced me that I won't be running off to Riyadh anytime soon). It's something that's always on the mind of travel editors, and something that was considered before publishing recent pieces on Tel Aviv and Kenya, among others.
OTBeach News's ProTraveller tackled this issue in its recent story "6 Upcoming Countries Worth Visiting Now the Conflict is Over," which gave its take on the wisdom of traveling to some of the same destinations we've covered recently, including Cambodia, Indonesia and Croatia.
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Heidi Mitchell is editor-in-chief of Town & Country Travel and Town & Country Weddings, and features and travel editor of Town & Country.
Adam H. Graham is a contributing writer for this blog; his work also frequently appears in Town & Country Travel, both in the magazine and online.
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