{"license":"CC BY 4.0 — attribution: IsMyTripSafe.com","source":"https://ismytripsafe.com/ethiopia/axum","updatedAt":"2026-07-29T17:06:40.288Z","place":{"city":"Axum","country":"Ethiopia","countryCode":"ET","lat":14.12109,"lon":38.72337},"safety":{"score":34,"level":"CAUTION","answer":"Caution advised","saferThanPctOfCountries":19,"confidence":0.84,"caps":[{"max":44,"reason":"Level 3 advisory — reconsider travel"}],"databaseScore":34,"travellerSentiment":{"score":34,"label":"Severe caution — tourism absent","summary":"Visitors have stopped coming to Axum. By August 2025, The Reporter Ethiopia noted that in northern Ethiopia, 'History Endures But Visitors Vanish'—signaling that tourism to the city has ceased entirely and remaining reports are security-focused, not traveler-centric.","weightInScore":0.18,"components":[{"label":"Reported feel","score":10,"weight":0.35},{"label":"Robbery risk","score":34,"weight":0.45},{"label":"Pickpocket risk","score":78,"weight":0.2}]},"categories":[{"key":"crime","label":"Crime","score":42,"tier":1},{"key":"sentiment","label":"Traveller Sentiment","score":34,"tier":1},{"key":"advisories","label":"Advisories","score":30,"tier":2},{"key":"stability","label":"Stability","score":41,"tier":2},{"key":"health","label":"Health & Air","score":63,"tier":2}]},"advisories":[{"source":"UK Foreign Office (FCDO)","level":4,"label":"Advises against all travel to parts of the country","updated":"2026-05-29T10:35:25Z","url":"https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/ethiopia"},{"source":"Government of 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yr","year":null,"score":76,"source":"GDACS / USGS"},{"key":"advisory","label":"Government travel advisory","value":3,"display":"Level 3 — Avoid non-essential travel (with regional advisories)","year":null,"score":30,"source":"Government of Canada"},{"key":"research_robbery_risk","label":"Mugging & robbery risk","value":2,"display":"High risk","year":null,"score":45,"source":"City Web Research"},{"key":"research_pickpocket_risk","label":"Pickpocketing & theft risk","value":3,"display":"Moderate risk","year":null,"score":70,"source":"City Web Research"},{"key":"research_sentiment_score","label":"Visitor safety sentiment","value":10,"display":"10 / 100 (Severe caution — tourism absent)","year":null,"score":10,"source":"City Web Research"}],"healthNotices":[{"level":"Alert","title":"Global Polio","url":"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level2/global-polio"},{"level":"Watch","title":"Global Dengue","url":"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level1/dengue-global"},{"level":"Watch","title":"Global Measles","url":"https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/notices/level1/measles-globe"}],"hazardAlerts":[],"fieldResearch":{"verdict":"No — the UK FCDO explicitly advises against all travel to Axum's Tigray region; recent reports (January 2026) indicate ongoing military instability.","summary":"Axum lies in Tigray, where UK Foreign Office advises against all travel and Canada recommends avoiding non-essential travel. The city was the site of a major massacre in February 2021 and continues to experience military tensions. Tourism has effectively ceased; the risk is conflict-driven, not conventional crime.","robberyRisk":{"level":"High","note":"Primary risk is armed conflict and military checkpoints rather than conventional street robbery; security forces and military activity dominate the environment"},"pickpocketRisk":{"level":"Moderate","note":"Petty crime risk is secondary to conflict risk; minimal tourist presence reduces exposure"},"safeAreas":[],"avoidAreas":["All of Axum city (Tigray region; UK FCDO advises against all travel; Canada advises against non-essential travel)","Stelae Fields and archaeological monuments (heritage site; access restricted by security situation)","Market areas (petty crime, military checkpoints, crowding)","Areas near Sudan border within Tigray region (20km proximity zone flagged in advisories)"],"scams":[],"zones":[{"name":"Central Axum (Downtown)","level":"avoid","note":"Historic city center with commercial activity; Tigray region under FCDO 'avoid all travel' advisory; limited police and emergency services"},{"name":"Stelae Fields Archaeological Site","level":"avoid","note":"Ancient monuments on city periphery; UNESCO heritage site; accessibility unknown due to active security operations"},{"name":"Market District","level":"avoid","note":"Commercial and market area; petty theft concentrated here; military checkpoints; heavy surveillance"},{"name":"Residential North","level":"avoid","note":"Northern residential zone; same Tigray region security advisories apply; limited emergency response"},{"name":"Residential South","level":"avoid","note":"Southern residential area; Tigray conflict impacts all districts uniformly; travel not recommended"}]}}