In my view, the best country is the country you will actually go to in higher risk situations. Finding the geographically ideal country doesn’t help much if it will take you a month to apply for a visa, or you can only stay as a visitor for a short time, or if travelling and staying there will effectively bankrupt you (so glad to see cost of living on there!).
Of course, after a nuclear attack happened, most of those concerns would no longer matter, but before a nuclear attack happened when you’re travelling they’d be very important! And it’s important for your plan to work both in the cases of nuclear war happening and nuclear war not happening.
Agree. I did my own geographic assessment on the weekend and some of the countries mentioned above either require a proper visa (not a visa on arrival or e-visa) or don’t accept tourists at all (New Zealand). So if you have to leave within a day or two these wouldn’t be possible. I would recommend everyone to create their own shortlist of 3+/- countries and keep it somewhat flexible where they would go -also depending on which flights are actually available last minute.
In my view, the best country is the country you will actually go to in higher risk situations. Finding the geographically ideal country doesn’t help much if it will take you a month to apply for a visa, or you can only stay as a visitor for a short time, or if travelling and staying there will effectively bankrupt you (so glad to see cost of living on there!).
Of course, after a nuclear attack happened, most of those concerns would no longer matter, but before a nuclear attack happened when you’re travelling they’d be very important! And it’s important for your plan to work both in the cases of nuclear war happening and nuclear war not happening.
Agree. I did my own geographic assessment on the weekend and some of the countries mentioned above either require a proper visa (not a visa on arrival or e-visa) or don’t accept tourists at all (New Zealand). So if you have to leave within a day or two these wouldn’t be possible. I would recommend everyone to create their own shortlist of 3+/- countries and keep it somewhat flexible where they would go -also depending on which flights are actually available last minute.
Keeping in mind the best (accessible on short notice) location may be within your own country!