travel restriction
Border crossing ban
A travel restriction is a government-imposed limit on movement, typically barring entry to or exit from a country or region.
Travel restrictions may target specific nationalities, apply during emergencies like pandemics, or respond to security concerns: The travel restriction prevented citizens from visiting certain countries.
The term often appears in plural: COVID-era travel restrictions disrupted international tourism for years.
- visaTravel authorization stamp
- borderOuter edge or limit
- border controlRegulating cross-country movement
- quarantineIsolation preventing disease transmission
- mandatory quarantineRequired separation from others
lockdown · red zone · passport · customs · checkpoint · ban · no fly list · embargo · curfew · blockade · permit · immigration · closed · grounded · stranded · flight · entry · exit
- disease controlquarantine zone, medical quarantine, mandatory quarantine, home quarantine, self-quarantine
- epidemic controlquarantine zone, quarantine station, disease outbreak, outbreak, epidemic
- prohibitionsban, forbid, prohibition, forbidden, prohibit
travel restrictionfreedom of movement
Liberty to travel unimpeded
free passage · travel freedom · right to travel · travel authorization · travel permit
travel restrictionopen borders
Unregulated international passage
border opening · open door policy · open-door policy · visa waiver · free entry
travel, restriction, travels, traveled, travelling, traveling, traveler, traveller, travelers