Is Turkmenistan Safe To Travel?
Turkmenistan is the world’s safest country
Travel safety most often becomes a major factor when choosing a tourist destination. In this context, Turkmenistan is beyond comparison. It is the world’s safest country! This fact was confirmed by the Gallup Inc., an analytics and advisory company, known for its public opinion polls conducted worldwide. In October 2020, the company published the Global Law and Order Index, which contains a list of the safest countries on the Earth.
In the Index, Turkmenistan shared the first place with Singapore; both countries scored 97 points out of 100. This index a composite score based on the incidence of theft and assault or mugging, and people's reported confidence in their local police, their feelings of personal safety in the past year. The higher the score, the higher the proportion of the population that reports feeling secure.
Moreover, to date, Turkmenistan has a zero level of terrorist threat. These results are based on the research by the Institute for Economics and Peace, headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
The Turkmen people have been a courteous people devoted to the traditions of hospitality at all times. The travellers who have visited this blessed land invariably emphasize the characteristic feature of the Turkmen people – cordiality and hospitality. Guests are always welcome in any Turkmen family.
The traditions of hospitality and good neighbourliness have the centuries-old roots and are carefully cherished in present-day Turkmenistan. They define moral values of the people, which are passed down from generation to generation. In ancient times and nowadays, the Turkmen people form an opinion about a person by the way he/she receives guests.
National traditions of hospitality and good neighbourliness influence the life of modern Turkmen society. Carefully preserving peace and stability within the country, Turkmenistan follows these principles in foreign policy and makes a great contribution to peace and stability in the region thanks to the permanent neutrality recognized by the UN in 1995.
