UMass High Risk Travel Destinations

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