Sources
Where our information comes from
Visa requirements
Visa rules come from Wikipedia's "Visa requirements for … citizens" and "Visa policy of …" articles, which volunteers keep up to date with links to government sources. We read them country by country and turn them into simple answers.
Rules change, sometimes overnight. Before you book or travel, check the official government website or the embassy of the country you are visiting.
Travel guides and scam warnings
Guides and scam warnings are adapted from Wikivoyage, the free travel guide, under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. We use the country article and the articles for its main cities, then rewrite them as short, plain sentences. You may reuse our guide text under the same licence.
Country facts
Capitals, currencies, languages, calling codes, time zones and borders come from restcountries.com.
Plug types, voltage and emergency phone numbers come from Wikipedia's "Mains electricity by country" and "List of emergency telephone numbers" tables.
Embassies and consulates come from Wikidata.
Religion shares and LGBT+ laws come from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites the Pew Research Center and national laws. Women's safety comes from the Women, Peace and Security Index by Georgetown University's Institute for Women, Peace and Security. Laws and attitudes can differ between cities and regions.
Airports come from OurAirports (public domain); metro and rail figures from Wikipedia. The passport ranking is the Henley Passport Index by Henley & Partners.
Photos and maps
Photos come from Wikimedia Commons, and each one shows its author and licence. Maps use OpenFreeMap tiles with data © OpenStreetMap contributors, and Natural Earth country shapes.
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