- Travel Advice
DFAT advice for Kuwait
When travelling to Kuwait, you should always get travel insurance in case the worst happens. To help you ensure you travel safely, we have included the travel advice from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade for Kuwait.
| Kuwait overall | This Advice is current for Friday, 22 August 2008. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Be alert to own security | Exercise caution | High degree of caution | Reconsider your need to travel | Do not travel |
This advice has been reviewed and reissued. It contains new information under Local Laws (challenging the authority of the Emir). The overall level of the advice has not changed.
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- We advise you to exercise a high degree of caution in Kuwait because of the high threat of terrorist attack.
- We continue to receive occasional reports that terrorists are planning attacks against a range of targets in Kuwait, including Western interests and places frequented by workers. These reports include information about possible targets, such as US military and identifiably Western targets, including hotels, restaurants and symbols and buildings associated with the Kuwaiti government. However, we emphasise that attacks could occur at anytime, anywhere in Kuwait.
- The terrorist organisation Al Qaeda continues to issue statements threatening to carry out attacks on the peninsula. A group claiming to be an international terrorist organisation issued a statement in June 2007 pledging to continue attacks against Westerners on the Arabian Peninsula. These include references to attacks on residential compounds, military, oil, transport and aviation interests.
- Be a smart traveller. Before heading overseas:
- organise comprehensive travel insurance and check what circumstances and activities are not covered by your policy
- register your travel and contact details, so we can contact you in an emergency
- subscribe to this travel advice to receive free email updates each time it's reissued.
