FCDO updates Indonesia volcano travel advice
The UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) has updated its Indonesia travel advice, no longer advising against all travel to volcanoes in Indonesia and no longer advising against all travel in the event of future volcanic eruptions. The FCDO also added new information about volcanoes in Indonesia, including material from local authorities that enforce exclusion zones at a number of volcanically active sites, covered in the 'Warnings and insurance' and 'Safety and security' pages.
Impact and considerations
This is a substantive change in official travel advice: the blanket advice against travel to Indonesian volcanoes is removed, and future eruptions will no longer automatically trigger blanket advice against all travel. Companies that rely on FCDO advice for travel policies, insurance terms or trip approvals should rea…
Key points
- The FCDO no longer advises against all travel to volcanoes in Indonesia.
- The FCDO will no longer advise against all travel in the event of future volcanic eruptions.
- The FCDO added new information about volcanoes in Indonesia, including local-authority material on exclusion zones at several volcanically active sites.
- The new content appears in the 'Warnings and insurance' and 'Safety and security' pages.
Sources and time
- Primary source
- UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
- Other sources
- 0
- First source publication
- 10 Jun 2026, 16:18
- Page published
- 12 Aug 2026, 14:25
- Last updated
- 18 Sept 2026, 18:54
- Original links
- FCDO Travel Advice：Indonesia travel advice (opens in a new tab)Primary source · en · Published 18 Sept 2026, 18:54