UMass High Risk Travel Destinations

	Country	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
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1	A High-Risk Destination is any domestic or international country, region, province or city designated by the Systemwide Travel Risk Management Advisory Committee (TARMAC), or a campus, as posing substantive health, safety, security risk to a University Traveler and/or the University.	TARMAC criteria	TARMAC criteria	Riskline information can be obtained when submitting your pre-travel authorization request in Concur.	US Department of State Travel Advisories	CDC Travel Health Notices
2	(A)
3	Afghanistan	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
4	Albania	No	No				No
5	Algeria	No	No				No
6	American Samoa	No	No				No
7	Andorra	No	No				No
8	Angola	No	No				No
9	Anguilla	No	No				No
10	Antarctica	No	No				No
11	Antigua and Barbuda	No	No				No
12	Argentina	No	No				No
13	Armenia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
14	Aruba	No	No				No
15	Australia	No	No				No
16	Austria	No	No				No
17	Azerbaijan	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
18	Bahamas	No	No				No
19	Bahrain	No	No				No
20	(B)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
21	Bangladesh	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
22	Barbados	No	No				No
23	Belarus	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
24	Belgium	No	No				No
25	Belize	No	No				No
26	Benin	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
27	Bermuda	No	No				No
28	Bhutan	No	No				No
29	Bolivia	No	No				No
30	Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba	No	No				No
31	Bosnia and Herzegovina	No	No				No
32	Botswana	No	No				No
33	Brazil	No	No				No
34	British Indian Ocean Territory	No	No				No
35	Brunei	No	No				No
36	Bulgaria	No	No				No
37	Burkina Faso	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
38	Burundi	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
39	(C)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
40	Cambodia	No	No				No
41	Cameroon	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
42	Canada	No	No				No
43	Cape/Cabo Verde	No	No				No
44	Cayman Islands	No	No				No
45	Central African Republic	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
46	Chad	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
47	Chile	No	No				No
48	China	Yes	Yes		X		No
49	Christmas Island (Australia)	No	No				No
50	Cocos [Keeling] Islands (Australia)	No	No				No
51	Colombia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
52	Comoros	No	No				No
53	Congo - Democratic Republic of	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
54	Cook Islands (New Zealand)	No	No				No
55	Costa Rica	No	No				No
56	Cote d'Ivoire	Yes	Yes	X			No
57	Croatia	No	No				No
58	Cuba	Yes	No				Yes
59	Curacao	No	No				No
60	Cyprus	No	No				No
61	Czech Republic	No	No				No
62	(D)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
63	Denmark	No	No				No
64	Djibouti	No	No				No
65	Dominica	No	No				No
66	Dominican Republic	No	No				No
67	(E)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
68	East Timor [Timor-Leste]	No	No				No
69	Ecuador	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
70	Egypt	Yes	Yes		X		No
71	El Salvador	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
72	Equatorial Guinea	No	No				No
73	Eritrea	Yes	No	X			No
74	Estonia	No	No				No
75	Eswatini	No	No				No
76	Ethiopia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
77	(F)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
78	Falkland Islands (UK)	No	No				No
79	Faroe Islands (Denmark)	No	No				No
80	Fiji	No	No				No
81	Finland	No	No				No
82	France	No	No				No
83	French Guiana	No	No				No
84	French Polynesia	No	No				No
85	(G)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
86	Gaza Strip	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
87	Gabon	No	No				No
88	Gambia	No	No				No
89	Georgia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
90	Germany	No	No				No
91	Ghana	No	No				No
92	Gibraltar	No	No				No
93	Greece	No	No				No
94	Greenland	No	No				No
95	Grenada	No	No				No
96	Guadeloupe	No	No				No
97	Guam	No	No				No
98	Guatemala	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
99	Guinea	Yes	Yes		X		No
100	Guinea-Bissau	Yes	Yes		X		No
101	Guyana	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
102	(H)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
103	Haiti	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
104	Holy See, The [Vatican City]	No	No				No
105	Honduras	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
106	Hong Kong	No	Yes				No
107	Hungary	No	No				No
108	(I)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
109	Iceland	No	No				No
110	India	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
111	Indonesia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
112	Iran	Yes	Yes	X	X		Yes
113	Iraq	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
114	Ireland	No	No				No
115	Israel	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
116	Italy	No	No				No
117	(J)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
118	Jamaica	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
119	Japan	No	No				No
120	Jordan	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
121	(K)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
122	Kazakhstan	No	No				No
123	Kenya	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
124	Kiribati	No	No				No
125	Kosovo	Yes	Yes		X		No
126	Kuwait	No	No				No
127	Kyrgyzstan	Yes	Yes	X			No
128	(L)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
129	Laos	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
130	Latvia	No	No				No
131	Lebanon	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
132	Lesotho	No	No				No
133	Liberia	No	No				No
134	Libya	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
135	Liechtenstein	No	No				No
136	Lithuania	No	No				No
137	Luxembourg	No	No				No
138	(M)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
139	Macau	Yes	Yes		X		No
140	Madagascar	No	No				No
141	Malawi	No	No				No
142	Malaysia	No	No				No
143	Maldives	No	No				No
144	Mali	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
145	Malta	No	No				No
146	Marshall Islands	No	No				No
147	Martinique	No	No				No
148	Mauritania	Yes	No		X		No
149	Mauritius	No	No				No
150	Mayotte (France)	No	No				No
151	Mexico	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
152	Micronesia	No	No				No
153	Moldova, Republic of	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
154	Monaco	No	No				No
155	Mongolia	No	No				No
156	Montenegro	No	No				No
157	Montserrat	No	No				No
158	Morocco	Yes	No	X			No
159	Mozambique	Yes	No	X			No
160	Myanmar (Burma)	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
161	(N)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
162	Namibia	No	No				No
163	Nauru	No	No				No
164	Nepal	Yes	No	X			No
165	Netherlands	No	No				No
166	New Caledonia	No	No				No
167	New Zealand	No	No				No
168	Nicaragua	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
169	Niger	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
170	Nigeria	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
171	Niue	No	No				No
172	Norfolk Island (Australia)	No	No				No
173	North Korea	Yes	Yes	X	X		Yes
174	North Macedonia	No	No				No
175	Northern Mariana Islands	No	No				No
176	Norway	No	No				No
177	(O)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
178	Oman	No	No				No
179	(P)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
180	Pakistan	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
181	Palau	No	No				No
182	Panama	No	No				No
183	Papua New Guinea	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
184	Paraguay	No	No				No
185	Peru	Yes	Yes		X		No
186	Philippines	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
187	Pitcairn	No	No				No
188	Poland	No	No				No
189	Portugal	No	No				No
190	Puerto Rico	No	No				No
191	(Q)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
192	Qatar	No	No				No
193	(R)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
194	Reunion	No	No				No
195	Romania	No	No				No
196	Russia	Yes	Yes	X	X		Yes
197	Rwanda	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
198	(S)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
199	Saba	No	No				No
200	Saint Barthelemy	No	No				No
201	Saint Helena	No	No				No
202	Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	No				No
203	Saint Lucia	No	No				No
204	Saint Martin (French part)	No	No				No
205	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	No	No				No
206	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No	No				No
207	Samoa	No	No				No
208	San Marino	No	No				No
209	Sao Tome and Principe	No	No				No
210	Saudi Arabia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
211	Senegal	No	No				No
212	Serbia	No	No				No
213	Seychelles	No	No				No
214	Sierra Leone	No	No				No
215	Singapore	No	No				No
216	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	No	No				No
217	Slovakia	No	No				No
218	Slovenia	No	No				No
219	Solomon Islands	No	No				No
220	Somalia	YES	Yes	X	X		No
221	South Africa	No	No				No
222	South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands	No	No				No
223	South Korea	No	No				No
224	South Sudan	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
225	Spain	No	No				No
226	Sri Lanka	Yes	No	X			No
227	Sudan	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
228	Suriname	No	No				No
229	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	No	No				No
230	Sweden	No	No				No
231	Switzerland	No	No				No
232	Syria	Yes	Yes	X	X		Yes
233	(T)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
234	Taiwan	No	No				No
235	Tajikistan	Yes	No	X			No
236	Tanzania	No	No				No
237	Thailand	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
238	Togo	No	No				No
239	Tokelau	No	No				No
240	Tonga	No	No				No
241	Trinidad and Tobago	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
242	Tunisia	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
243	Turkey	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
244	Turkmenistan	No	No				No
245	Turks and Caicos Islands	No	No				No
246	Tuvalu	No	No				No
247	(U)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
248	Uganda	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
249	Ukraine	Yes	Yes	X	X		Yes
250	United Arab Emirates	No	No				No
251	United Kingdom	No	No				No
252	United States	No	No				No
253	Uruguay	No	No				No
254	Uzbekistan	Yes	No	X			No
255	(V)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
256	Vanuatu	No	No				No
257	Venezuela	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
258	Vietnam	No	No				No
259	Virgin Islands, British	No	No				No
260	Virgin Islands, U.S.	No	No				No
261	(W)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
262	Wallis and Futuna	No	No				No
263	West Bank	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
264	Western Sahara	No	No				No
265	(Y)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
266	Yemen	Yes	Yes	X	X		No
267	(Z)	Meets TARMAC High Risk Destination Criteria	Meets TARMAC Elevated Cyber Risk Criteria	Riskline Countrywide or Regional Level 4 or 5	US Dept of State Countrywide or Reg. Level 3 or 4	CDC Level 3 or 4	Comprehensively Sanctioned Country
268	Zambia	No	No				No
269	Zimbabwe	No	No				No
270	Last updated 04/02/2024