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Worcester (Massachusetts)

Explore fine arts, history, and take in a show in Worcester, a medium sized city in Central Massachusetts about an hour's drive west of Boston. Worcester's seven hills and their valleys contain top notch museums, nine colleges and universities, beautiful parks, and food from all over the globe.

Understand
Worcester was established as a town on June 14, 1722 and as a city on February 29, 1848. It has a population of around 200,000 and is the second largest city in New England, behind Boston. Worcester is the home of nine colleges and universities, the University of Massachusetts Medical Center, the Massachusetts Bio-Technology Research Park, and the American Antiquarian Society. Despite their large number, Worcester's colleges and universities have not left much of an imprint on the overall feel of the city--for better and for worse, it is not the least bit a college town. Worcester has a very low rate of violent crime compared to the comparably sized city Providence, Rhode Island. It also has lots of parks, greenspace, small bodies of water, and tree-lined streets.

Climate
Worcester is one of the snowiest cities in New England, receiving around 70 inches (175 cm) a year on average. Typically, snowfall is dominated by large, long duration events and the city is usually hit with several noreasters each year and the occasional blizzard. As an older, hilly city, snow removal is very poor and only the main roads will be well cleared. Some side streets may be snow covered for days after a storm. Summers can be pretty hot, but not for extended periods of time. Spring and fall are both exceedingly pleasant, with temperatures during the day between 60-70°F (16-21°C) and either blooming flowers or brilliant fall colors. Worcester's reputation for snow doesn't carry over into rain, although it does have a decent amount of rain.

Neighborhoods

 * Downtown: Downtown Worcester is the area around Worcester Common, radiating out several blocks in all directions. Much of downtown is devoted to office workers, so most restaurants close before dinner.  Downtown is where many of the city's larger music venues and theaters are as well as the DCU Center, but unless there is an event, the area is mostly deserted at night although there are a few highly respected restaurants that are exceptions to the rule.  The city is trying to change this state of affairs by encouraging the construction of more housing, which will spur more after work activities in the area.
 * Blackstone Canal District: Commonly referred to as the Canal District, this area of the city used to be an industrial zone centered on the long covered up Blackstone Canal.  While there are still some industrial uses, much of the space has been converted into restaurants, bars, and nightclubs.  There are also some fairly expensive condos/apartments.  There is an effort to re-open the canal in this part of the city, but it has yet to gain much traction.
 * Main South: This is the area south of downtown along Main St until it ends at Webster Square. Main South has a reputation for crime, although the southern end of the neighborhood is increasingly dominated by Clark University and is home to coffee shops and college bars.  The neighborhood is one of Worcester's most diverse and there are many cheap restaurants serving cuisine from all over the world.
 * Piedmont: Piedmont is defined roughly by Chandler St to the south, Salisbury St to the north, Park Ave to the west, and Downtown to the east. The neighborhood is filled with beautiful old houses and a few grand apartment buildings, but is largely student housing for WPI and Becker College students, both of which are in the neighborhood.  Elm Park, the city's oldest, is at the western end of the neighborhood.  Highland Ave is the main dining and nightlife destination, running east-west along the northern side of the neighborhood.  Worcester Art Museum is at the eastern edge of the neighborhood.
 * Westside: The largely residential Westside is Worcester's most affluent neighborhood.  The definition is somewhat fluid, but is essentially anything west of Park Ave/West Boylston St.  This is a fairly hilly, tree covered area filled with large homes, many of which were built during Worcester's industrial peak.  Worcester State University and Assumption College are on the Westside, but the area feels more like a suburb than a college town.  There are many parks, small restaurants, and even a few lakes.
 * Greendale-Burncoat: This is the area north and northeast of downtown.  There are a lot of factories in the valley stretching north of downtown while the hills above it are filled with residential areas.  Green Hill Park, the largest in the city, is here as is Greendale Mall and quite a few restaurants.  Great Brook Valley, the most dangerous part of the city, is found at the fringe of Greendale-Burncoat, but there is little that would take a traveler here.
 * Eastside: People visually associate Worcester with two things: hills and triple deckers (boxy, narrow, 3-floor houses).  Both of these are found in abundance in the Eastside.  There is very little flat ground in this part of the city.  Worcester's main dining area, Shrewsbury St, is at the northern end of the neighborhood as is UMass Medical School.  The eastern boundary is Lake Quinsigamond and the southern boundary is Route 20.  The Ecotarium is here as are Quinsigamond State Park and Lake Park.
 * South Worcester: South Worcester is home to the College of the Holy Cross and everything south of it.  For travel purposes, the developed parts of the town of Auburn are here which includes most of the city's hotels and Auburn Mall.

By plane
Logan International Airport in Boston or T.F. Green Airport in Warwick carry the bulk of passengers in the area, although they are each around an hour away from the city. Or, you could fly into Bradley International Airport in Hartford which is a little over an hour west of the city. There is train service from Boston to Worcester. Worcester does have its own airport, but it's not well served.

By train
Train operators:

 * MBTA's Framingham Worcester Line: $12.50 one-way. Often takes an hour to an hour and a half, between South Station in Boston and Union Station in Worcester, depending on if on a local or express train. MBTA Commuter Rail is generally not reliable in extreme winter weather so plan around that if necessary. The Worcester line is also susceptible to warping in warm weather, which forces the trains to slow down sometimes in the summer. Trains to Worcester are infrequent in the morning while trains to Boston are infrequent in the evening.
 * Route stopping at Worcester:
 * Lake Shore Limited operating daily between Chicago and Boston or New York City. It makes stops at most stations along the route, though it does not stop at some of the smallest stations. Trains consist of train cars from both branches between Chicago and Albany (Rensselaer).  The trains split into separate branches between Albany (Rensselaer) and both Boston and New York City.  Stops between Chicago and Albany (Rensselaer) include South Bend, Elkhart, Waterloo, Bryan, Toledo, Sandusky, Elyria, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo (Depew), Rochester, Syracuse, Utica, and Schenectady. Stops between Albany (Rensselaer) and Boston include Pittsfield, Springfield, Worcester, Framingham. The train does not accept boardings at Worcester in the direction of Boston (though you may ride from Boston to Worcester). In most cases, train travel to Worcester is most reliably and conveniently made by traveling to Boston on Amtrak, then on MBTA to Worcester (or vice versa).

By car

 * Worcester is well served by highways. Interstate 290 runs through Worcester and connects to Interstate 495, Interstate 190, Interstate 395, and Interstate 90 (the Massachusetts Turnpike). Most visitors to the city will arrive by car. Traffic on I-90 near Worcester can move very slowly at almost any time of day, especially on holiday weekends. Once you arrive, parking probably won't be an issue as there is ample street parking and public parking lots and garages.

Get around
Many of Worcester's points of interest are far spaced from one another. The only practical way to get around is by car (or bike). Public transit in Worcester is focused mainly on commuters. Cabs are often more expensive per mile than cabs in other cities. If you're there for more than just a visit, bicycles are available from many used stores and are the best way to get around and explore. Buses in the city usually run every 30 to 60 minutes, with some running only every two hours depending on the route. Fare is $1.75; true day-passes are no longer offered—available now is an 8-ride pass good for one person, good one day only. Buses on certain routes are often a half-hour or more late, but be at your stop early as they often fly by a few minutes early in order to catch up for previous late stops.

By bus
Worcester does have a bus system, but it can be infrequent and confusing to navigate. Depending upon where you are going, the bus system may be an inefficient way to get around the city as nearly all routes run in a spoke-like fashion from the terminal adjacent to Union Station. Planning a route with ample time for connections and schedule deviations is essential. Real-time stop predictions are generally available.

On foot
Worcester is surprisingly hard to navigate on foot. The city covers a large area by New England standards and despite having a "downtown," the focal points for visitors are spread throughout the city, making them hard to reach on foot. Throw in poor sidewalks and aggressive drivers and you can understand why there aren't very many pedestrians.

By car
The most efficient, if not the most enjoyable way to get around the city. Driving in Worcester is not for the timid. Although Boston may get the most attention for aggressive drivers in New England, Worcester is by most measures worse. An insurance study ranked Worcester as the worst city to drive in in the United States, based on accident rate. Traffic is not nearly as bad as in Boston, but there are significant backups at rush hour and lane markings may be nonexistent in parts of the city. Road quality is good on most roads, but unpaved streets still exist in some areas.

There is no street grid to help orient yourself and driving here will probably require a GPS or someone else using a map to direct you. Interstate 190/290 can become very congested at rush hour (4-6 pm). Streets in the core city like Park Ave, Highland Ave, Main St, and Cambridge St, can be backed up at nearly any time of day, even on weekends.

See
There is a surprising amount to see in Worcester. Many travelers might only consider it worth a day trip, but this would be mistaken. The Worcester Art Museum alone is big enough to occupy an entire day. Leaving aside the city's museums, you may still want to take a stroll through one of the city's historic parks or college campuses.

Museums and galleries
Worcester has a museum for everyone. In addition to the Worcester Art Museum, there is an interesting little history museum and a science and nature center that is great for kids. The Museum of Russian Icons is in nearby Clinton.

Landmarks
Architecture buffs and photographers will appreciate Worcester's collection of historic buildings and monuments.

Parks
The city boasts many parks for the enjoyment of residents and visitors from the largest Green Hill Park to Elm Park and Institute Park which hosts many outdoor concerts during the summer season.

Colleges
Worcester is home to many colleges and universities. A lot of the campuses are newer, with fairly dull contemporary architecture. However, the city's three oldest private institutions are quite pretty. Look for lectures open to the public at all three while you're in town.

Do
Worcester has a plethora of activities for visitors to enjoy. In the spring, summer, and fall, there is nearly always some sort of festival happening. Worcester also has a track record of attracting solid musical performances. Pop stars at the DCU Center, classical at Mechanics Hall, and metal at the Palladium. Worcester's sports teams are all minor league, but offer affordable entertainment.

Festivals

 * Worcester St. Patrick's Day Parade, Mid-March. Park Ave. One of the largest Irish parades in the state.
 * Albanian Festival, early June, alternating odd numbered years, St. Mary's Albanian Orthodox Church. Largest Albanian festival in the country
 * Grecian Festival], early June, alternating even numbered years. St. Spyridon Church. One of the largest Greek Festivals in New England with over 25,000 attendees
 * Summer Nationals, July 4 weekend, hot rods and fancy cars take over Green Hill Park and downtown Worcester (the organizers have put the event "on hold" for 2017)
 * Italian Festival , mid-August, Mt. Carmel Church. Very popular annual festival in the city.
 * Latin American Festival, Mid-August, City Hall, Downtown Worcester. One of the largest Latin American festivals in New England.
 * Pet Rock Festival, early September, held at Quinsigamond Community College. Largest non-profit animal benefit in New England. Held annually to make money for shelters and other animal related services. "They can't talk so we will."

Learn
Worcester has a fair number of high schools, colleges and universities in its region.

Buy
Despite being the second largest city in New England, Worcester is not a shopping mecca. There is one small mall in the city that's of no interest to travelers. Downtown used to be home to many department stores and then a large indoor mall. The mall has since been torn down and the department stores are gone. There are three malls in the suburbs of Auburn, Millbury, and Berlin, but these also aren't of much interest to the traveler. Worcester does have a few interesting stores to check out though. There is no main shopping district; shops are spread throughout the city.

Eat
Worcester provides a dining experience to suit all tastes. Everything from massive, opulent fine dining restaurants to "is this even a restaurant?" holes in the wall can be found here. Major global cuisines (Chinese, Indian, Italian, Mediterranean, Mexican, Thai, and Vietnamese) are quite common. You can even find Afghan, Salvadorian, and Polish food scattered around the city. Shrewsbury St. is the city's emerging "Restaurant Row," where you will find the greatest concentration and variety of dining options.

Budget
Worcester is full of cheap places to eat. Most of these will get you a meal for under $10.

Bakeries
Worcester is packed with neighborhood bakeries. Most people probably have a tribal loyalty to whatever their favorite is. You can find places that have been around for generations and hark back to the city's industrial heyday as well as newer, trendier spots.

Breakfast
Worcester is the center of the diner universe, being the hometown of the Worcester Lunch Car Company, which built most of the classic diner cars people associate with mid 20th century America. For breakfast the wealth of diners opens up and it is near impossible to choose. Here are some of the most cool and comfy:
 * Annie's Clark Brunch (formerly known as Wendy's). Regulars are allowed a tab.)
 * Annie's Clark Brunch (formerly known as Wendy's). Regulars are allowed a tab.)
 * Annie's Clark Brunch (formerly known as Wendy's). Regulars are allowed a tab.)
 * Annie's Clark Brunch (formerly known as Wendy's). Regulars are allowed a tab.)

Mid-range
Some of the most popular restaurants in the city are in the $10-20 price range.

Splurge
Worcester's fanciest dining establishments will set you back at least $20 and probably more than $30 per person.

Drink
Worcester has a nightlife option to suit everyone. You can attend a lecture or poetry reading at a coffeeshop, find a bar to quench all thirsts, dance the night away in a nightclub, or take in some live music.

Bars
Worcester has a lot of bars as a result of its large college population. Unfortunately for the traveler, this makes many of them feel rather samey. For anyone interested in the raucous college set, the Blackstone Canal District is a good place to look, especially Water St. Still, with this many bars there are some unique and interesting spots that tipplers should explore.

A number of restaurants mentioned in the eat section also have good bars. The Boynton has one of the largest selections of craft beer in Worcester. O'Connors is a popular Irish pub with a decent beer selection. Smokestack Urban BBQ also has an extensive beer selection and outdoor seating. Bocado has a large wine selection and is known for their sangria.
 * Guertin's, Off Canterbury Street. Beautiful woodwork, $1.50 drafts.
 * Guertin's, Off Canterbury Street. Beautiful woodwork, $1.50 drafts.
 * Guertin's, Off Canterbury Street. Beautiful woodwork, $1.50 drafts.
 * Guertin's, Off Canterbury Street. Beautiful woodwork, $1.50 drafts.
 * Guertin's, Off Canterbury Street. Beautiful woodwork, $1.50 drafts.
 * Guertin's, Off Canterbury Street. Beautiful woodwork, $1.50 drafts.

Breweries
Worcester has a selection of established breweries that are well-known in the region as well as a handful of funkier upstarts. The city's brewing scene is not quite as dense as other better known New England brewing meccas, but Worcester is emerging as a beer destination in its own right.

Coffee
Worcester is not a coffee drinkers' mecca. There aren't many non-Dunkin Donuts options to begin with and those that do exist probably won't excite anyone from Seattle, yet there are a few places with a decent atmosphere where you can get your fix.

Oddly enough, two of the better places to get a coffee in Worcester aren't primarily coffee shops. Crust Artisan Bakeshop in the downtown serves Northborough's Armeno Coffee Roasters, although they do not have an espresso machine. Birch Tree Bread Company is a huge bakery in the old Crompton Loomworks building that also has good coffee options and an espresso machine.

Stay safe
Worcester is a somewhat notably dangerous city for the Northeast, to the point you might need some advice to stay out of danger. Street crime during the day is very rare but it can happen in dodgier neighborhoods. In particular, the entire southern half of the city is comprised of lower income neighborhoods that have somewhat common crime, but are safe to walk through during the day as long as you have common sense. The part of the city that tourists should really steer clear of is the Pleasant St/Chandler St area, going into downtown; while not one of the worse off parts of the city, it is infamous for being a hot spot for both violent crime and    drug related crimes, which for better or worse the police seem to have little control over. Most of Worcester's homeless population also lives in this area; be respectful and don't harass them, and if you want to help don't record it. Walking around this area at any time is opening yourself up to violent crime, and at night even driving through these streets can be dangerous, as a lot of Uber drivers will avoid the area during late hours. If you take the bus or are walking in a poor area do not show off your phone or anything else that could be valuable, pickpocketing is semi-common. You might also hear about gang activity in the more business oriented parts of the city near Auburn but this is not really a problem for most people. Just like any other city, keep basic caution even in the "safe" areas.

Sleep
The city of Worcester itself doesn't have very many hotels. There are a few downtown and a few clustered around UMass Medical School on the Eastside. There aren't any unique or boutique hotels, just standard chains aimed at business travelers and parents of college students.

Auburn
The following hotels are in Auburn, which is another town. This distinction is irrelevant except that you must remember to put in "Auburn" as the town on your GPS since some of the street names are also found in Worcester, Southbridge St being one of the city's main throughfares which extends into Auburn.

Go next
Worcester is in the center of New England and an easy drive to many destinations.
 * Boston and its numerous attractions are about an hour to the east.
 * Providence-Here you will find Brown University, renowned art museums, exciting food, and unique neighborhoods. All within a 45 minute drive south from Worcester.
 * Pioneer Valley-This valley is home to many colleges, funky towns, and the urban grit and cultural attractions of Springfield. In addition, there are hiking opportunities in the hills above the valley and the region has some of the Commonwealth's best farmland.  About an hour west of Worcester.
 * Monadnock Region-The Monadnock Region of New Hampshire is about an hour north of Worcester. Here you will find hiking opportunities and the adorable college town of Keene.

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Worcestershire

Worcestershire is a county in the West Midlands in England. It is best known for the Malvern Hills and the cathedral city of Worcester. It is also the starting point of the Severn Valley Railway.

Cities and towns

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 * – village in the Cotswolds often referred to as the Jewel of the Cotswolds.
 * – a pleasant village, formerly the centre of a Royal Forest.

Understand
The most popular tourist destinations are Malvern and Worcester. These have many historical sites, and in Malvern's case, also has some excellent hill walks, which are however also quite easy to access.

Northern Worcestershire is relatively industrial and populated. The north also has the Lickey Hills and Waverley Hills, both of which are popular with urban residents as places to spend a family day out. In the north east, there is good walking the Wyre Forest. There are many smaller woods and nature reserves in various corners of the county.

The west of the county tends to be hillier, and more wooded, as it borders onto Herefordshire and Shropshire. In the south west, the Malvern Hills offer great views and interesting ridge walks. The Malvern Hills can be seen from high points around most of the county. The south east and the vale of Evesham is rich agricultural land, and borders onto the Cotswalds. Broadway is a very popular examples of Cotswald villages.

There are a number of small, historic market towns, that made money from wool in the Middle Ages, but went into decline later. These towns can have very interesting mixes of buildings, from the Tudor and Elizabethan half timbered styles, through to Georgian and Victorian buildings in their town centres. Some, like Pershore, also have some monastic ruins. The Severn and Avon rivers also make for pleasant walks in several Worcestershire towns.

Many towns and pubs claim some association with the English Civil War, King Charles I and II or Cromwell. Worcester was the site of two decisive battles. Charles II made his escape from Worcester in 1651.

The county has a number of 18th-century mansions, many of which are now open to the public. These are not always easy to reach by public transport, so travel by car or bike may often be easier.

Historically, Worcestershire was famous for its fruit, particularly apples and pears, and therefore also cider and perry.

Get in
It's easy to reach Worcester from Birmingham, Bristol, Cheltenham, Gloucester, Newport, Hereford, Shrewsbury or Cardiff by train. Trains from London also run directly to Worcester from London Paddington. The nearest large airports are Birmingham International and Heathrow.

Get around
Getting around Worcestershire is easy by car or bike, but like many rural areas of England can be challenging if public transport is your main option. This is especially true if you want to visit the many small villages or stately homes in the county.

See
There are a good number of history building in the county to visit, for example Hagley Hall, Hanbury Hall near Droitwich, and Witley Court and Hartlebury Castle, near Stourport-on-Severn

Do

 * Watch cricket: Worcestershire CCC play at New Road in Worcester.

Stay safe
As with the rest of the UK, in any emergency call 999 or 112 (from a land-line if you can) and ask for Ambulance, Fire or Police when connected.

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Working abroad

Does earning money while living in new and exciting surroundings sound appealing to you? Accepting employment overseas can offer both a cultural experience of living abroad and the possibility of new job skills. More people than ever are working abroad, so if you like the concept, consider what options are available to you. A large benefit of working abroad is that it can give you both the income and a base for further travel. For example, seeing Southeast Asia is certainly possible if you live on another continent – see Banana Pancake Trail for some of the routes – but it becomes much easier if you get a job for a few years in Singapore.

While this article deals with paid labour, there are also numerous volunteer jobs overseas. Also without taking a job abroad, business travel is common in many professions. Time and distance away from home vary a lot.

Understand
"I would really advise people...to spend a substantial amount of time living somewhere other than where you grew up. And this is not only because you learn about new places, as valuable as that is, but really it's because of what you learn about yourself and where you come from."

- Karen Levy

Jobs overseas can be divided into main categories:
 * Professional or skilled jobs that require substantial experience and usually offer higher salaries and perhaps an 'expat package', including housing and a relocation allowance. These are usually advertised in the countries the workers are expected to come from, not in the country where the job is.
 * More informal jobs can be picked up while travelling abroad, but offer much lower salaries and few if any benefits.
 * Digital nomad jobs, work that can be done over the Internet.
 * Ordinary jobs advertised for locals. These usually require good knowledge of local language and customs, and often locally recognized qualifications, but if demand is high or you are good at it, they may be available also for you as a foreigner. The European Union has, at least formally, an integrated job market; those from outside the EEA must seek a work permit.
 * Jobs abroad for volunteers or people otherwise willing to work for little compensation. Like for the skilled job offers, moving abroad is part of the deal, but requirements are much lower.

Teaching English is probably the single most common occupation for working abroad, and is discussed in its own article. It can be done both professionally, if you have the relevant training and experience, or more informally, say as part of a round the world journey. Other teaching jobs are also sometimes available.

Governments
Nearly all national governments send staff abroad for various reasons, mainly long-term government employees but also consultants or contractors for particular projects. Government departments with offices abroad always include foreign affairs (diplomacy and consular services; see Diplomatic missions) and often trade, immigration or foreign aid. Sometimes lower-level governments have trade missions as well. Generally in these services, junior employees spend some time "paying their dues" by working in Back-of-beyond-istan; you need some seniority to get a posting in places more attractive to most of the staff, like Geneva or Hong Kong. These jobs have all the usual benefits and problems of any civil service post. Often there are extra allowances for "hardship posts", sometimes enough to pay off a mortgage back home over a few years.

Then there are government-run foreign aid organizations for volunteers.

Some governments also sponsor various educational projects abroad. See for example the US State Department page on teaching abroad or the British Council.

Lastly, some governments employ foreign experts, particularly for positions that require significant or unique experiences, like the German GIZ and CIM, and DAAD (the latter for academic exchange).

Transnational and multinational companies
Transnational and multinational companies regularly ship employees overseas for various reasons: to set up or manage factories, overseas branches or joint ventures with local firms, to deal with purchasing and subcontracting, to provide specialist expertise or training, and so on. If you're working at such a company, contact the human resources department and see if they have any openings.

If you work for a company with factories abroad, spending a few years in one of them can be a good career move. Consider two young engineers at the same company; Alice takes an assignment abroad but Bob declines. For the next several years, Alice is one of three foreign staff at the factory, learning to troubleshoot all sorts of weird problems and working directly with the quite senior person who manages the whole show there. Bob is still one of the more junior guys on a team doing routine work back at headquarters. When Alice returns after a few years her promotion prospects may be considerably better than Bob's.

Outsourcing agencies help multinational companies outsource a part of their production either as a traditional local partner or by helping them set up a local office abroad. As some outsourcing agencies become multinational companies themselves, they often need foreign staff abroad to manage the projects, or represent the client and headquarter abroad. This happens often in developing countries like those in Southeast Asia with good diplomatic relationships to developed nations, as they are able take advantage of the timezone difference to keep production going around the clock. If you dream of a career abroad, this can be a good way to use your existing language skills to work abroad.

Academia
Research institutes and universities often send people abroad and receive foreign colleagues. While knowledge of the local language is certainly useful, research published in English is relevant anywhere, so most of your peers are likely to have a decent command of the language, and your qualifications should be appreciated worldwide.

Top universities in countries such as the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan and South Korea are home to some of the best talent from all over the world. China has also been offering competitive salary packages to lure foreign scientists in an attempt to make their universities competitive with those in the West, and this may provide a great opportunity for those who wish to live in an exotic place.

Other
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) also employ professional expats all around the world. These include big, quasi-governmental entities such as UNESCO or the Asian Development Bank, and private development organizations such as CARE or Oxfam. If you have proven leadership ability, and an interest in working in the developing world, many opportunities are available.

Religious organizations also often have jobs abroad, so if you are religious it is likely worth checking with your church or other such group. They mostly need either missionaries/proselytizers or professionals such as doctors, nurses or experts in areas like agriculture, fisheries or construction. Often these jobs do not pay well. Also, in some places they are under legal restrictions; for example, in Saudi Arabia it is illegal to attempt to convert Muslims to another faith.

Professional jobs
A non-exhaustive list of some of the most typical skilled jobs offered abroad:

 * Teachers – Teaching English is a common job for travellers, with work available almost anywhere, but particularly in Asia. If you are qualified as a school teacher in your home country, you can likely find work at an international school; see discussion in the English teaching article. Montessori teachers and instructors for universities, technical colleges and corporate training are also in demand in some places.
 * Experts supporting offshore work – A high-tech company with a development center in India, for example, will send some of its senior employees there and will hire many Indians, but there are still many niches that others might fill. Experienced project managers are hard to find anywhere and there may be a desperate shortage in times of rapid growth, Indian technical writers may need a native English speaker as an editor, and so on.
 * Certified specialists – Some of the best-paid expat jobs involve this kind of work. For example, someone certified to do safety inspections for oil rigs or aircraft, or to train pilots, can make large amounts overseas. However in most cases you cannot even apply unless you already hold the relevant certification.
 * Petroleum engineers and technicians – Working on an oil rig can be a tough job, but the pay is generally good. In the more difficult locations, oil industry jobs often include benefits like housing (often limited) and food (usually good) when on-site, and the employer generally provides flights home for the breaks. In an area like the North Sea or Western North America, there may be well-paid jobs for unskilled labor. In lower-income areas the unskilled jobs will be filled by locals but there will be jobs for skilled rig workers to train and supervise the locals, and often for English teachers as well.
 * Hospitality professionals – Often international luxury hotels and resorts hire foreign staff to manage the branch and help sell packages to business travelers from overseas or regionally.
 * Cooks – A skilled cook can find work almost anywhere, and demand for cooks with a particular style is sometimes high. For example, in an area with many American tourists, American or Mexican cooking might be in demand. A job in a hotel, resort or restaurant in a tourist area can let you live in an interesting place either temporarily or long term. However the best pay is usually with companies that employ many expat staff and want to keep them happy with good food, for example oil rigs or overseas construction projects.
 * Health-professionals – Nurses in particular are in demand in many countries, although a license to practice in a new country may be hard to get. As for cooks, there are some quite well-paid overseas jobs with companies with many expat staff. These companies need to take good care of their staff and, depending on the location and size of project, that may mean they need anything from a lone nurse to a small hospital on-site.
 * Pilots – Most airlines anywhere will happily hire well-qualified pilots from anywhere else. There is also demand for helicopter pilots, especially from oil or construction companies with large overseas projects. It is fairly common, especially in the Middle East, to find younger pilots flying business jets or the personal planes of local nobility. They need a certain number of hours on twin-engine planes before they can qualify for the larger machines airlines use, and this lets them be well paid while racking up the hours.
 * Musicians, actors, and other performance artists – They may be able to find work in many places; though job security is usually non-existent. For example, almost anywhere in East Asia and Southeast Asia many of the bars that cater to tourists or expatriates have Filipino bands. Also, movie or TV show makers in many countries often need actors or extras of ethnic groups other than the local ones. Except for really major roles in a well-funded production, they will not import foreign actors for these, but they will generally pay foreigners living in the area quite well by local standards.

Low-salary jobs
Low salary jobs in high income countries may be available just because few of the locals want them, while the salary may still seem decent for people with even lower wages at home. This job market has many oddities, as locals with similar jobs do not want to see their wages cut even more because of foreign competition. Look out for traps like high costs of living, illegal contracts and ruthless or even criminal employers.

For anyone from a richer country travelling in a poorer country – say, a European in India – a low salary job like farm labor or construction labor is likely out of the question; he or she would almost certainly not be happy with the pay, the hours, or the working conditions. (Professionals, of course, are in a whole different category; for example a civil engineer or a veterinary surgeon might well find interesting work at reasonable pay.)

For lower white-collar work, having local qualifications or speaking the language may be necessary, and getting such jobs can therefore be difficult.

Temporary jobs
If you're interested in temporary jobs, or your visa limits you to temporary jobs, there are a number of industries which often have work available:
 * Hostels and hotels – Smaller hotels and B&Bs are unlikely to require their employees to speak or read English. At luxury hotels, however, with American, Irish, UK, and other English speaking business persons as the main customers, employees are likely to be required to speak and read fluent English.
 * Resorts – Any work with direct contact to customers. There is demand for employees who know the language and culture of their international guests.
 * Tourist restaurants – Hard Rock Cafe, Munich's Hofbräuhaus, etc.
 * More-or-less any type of job available in hotels or restaurants can also be found on cruise ships, and there are additional jobs for mariners, diesel mechanics, etc.
 * Theme parks – The most famous European theme park is Disneyland Paris. Disneyland Paris usually requires non-EU citizens to have a work visa before employment. You can ask if the theme park will hire you if you can obtain a visa before leaving your home country. Ask the theme park to write a letter to that effect and apply at the French embassy in your country. The Epcot Center in Walt Disney World, Florida also hires foreigners from Mexico, Norway, China, Germany, Italy, Japan, Morocco, France, the United Kingdom and Canada to staff their respective countries' pavilions at the World Showcase.
 * Tour operators – Tour operators are almost always looking for people to be tour guides. Getting a job as a tour guide will not allow you to travel independently much, however. Also, these jobs usually have language requirements; you must speak the customers' language and it really helps if you speak one or more of the destinations' languages as well.
 * Tourist sports – Sports that people frequently travel to participate in often have associated jobs available, though they are often seasonal and therefore temporary. Examples include:
 * Scuba diving, which has instructing and dive leading work. In addition, the industry employs cooks, boat operators and deck hands. Work is seasonal, peaking in the summer in subtropical areas and the winter in tropical areas like Far North Queensland and South Thailand.
 * Alpine skiing, which has work in instructing, lift operation, ski patrol and rescue, snow grooming and hospitality. Work is seasonal. The major season is in the northern hemisphere's winter with work available in North America and Europe, but the southern hemisphere's winter has a smaller season in Australia, New Zealand and Peru.
 * Cruising on small craft, which may provide work and transport for crew or work in places like dockyards and marinas.
 * Agriculture – Seasonal work in agriculture, particularly crop work, is available in Western countries where there is often a shortage of willing local labor. Fruit picking is the most common temporary work. Longer term work with livestock is available in countries like Australia on some of the more remote livestock stations.
 * Construction work including home improvement is somewhat like agriculture; in richer countries these jobs may be mostly done by migrants. This does not necessarily mean there are ad hoc work opportunities.

It may be possible to get seasonal work in both hemispheres. A ski instructor, for example, might work in Banff during the Canadian winter and Bariloche in the Argentinian winter, perhaps with some Caribbean or California holidays during the transits.

Working holiday
Quite a few countries have working holiday visas. These are bilateral arrangements between pairs of countries which allow people from either to work temporarily in the other to fund their travel. Typically they have an age limit (often under 35) and a duration limit (often a year, sometimes two). Check with your own government to discover which countries yours has such an arrangement with.

The most common jobs for these are temporary jobs as discussed above; for example, quite a few city dwellers from around the world spend a few months hard at work on sheep farms in outback Australia. However the visa generally does not limit you to temporary jobs; in most countries it lets you work legally at any job you can get.

Working Traveller (1,700 members) allows travellers to 'negotiate' what they would get in exchange for their skills from hosts. The site allows hosts to set what they are willing to pay, in terms of a bed, food, or money using a bargaining point system and a traveller can set what bargaining points they want to charge. This makes the site different from more traditional volunteering sites and more focused to career minded travellers looking for references on their return home to get a job.

Starting a business
Some travellers settle in a country and start a business there. This can be quite tricky; running a business is rarely easy and it is considerably harder if you do not know the country, in particular its language and legal system, well. Also, many countries place legal restrictions on foreign ownership of businesses; you may need a trustworthy local partner. Most of the things listed under temporary jobs above can also be done as businesses. Many people who have settled abroad own cafes, bars, restaurants, inns, resorts, dive shops, ... Compared to just taking a job in one of these fields, the risks are higher and an owner often works longer hours than staff, but there is more chance of large returns.

Another common choice is an import-export business; when you come from one country but live in another, you may be well placed for this. It is not always necessary to invest in container-sized lots to make money from this; you might do well just taking a commission for arranging deals, setting up guides and translators for visiting business folk, or doing inspections before goods are shipped. For small high-value goods, such as gems or some art and craft items, it may be possible to ship using registered mail or a courier service.

Some countries – including popular English-speaking countries like the UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand – issue entrepreneur or investor visas, which allow you to move to the respective countries to start a business provided you already have a firm business plan, and have already secured sufficient financial backing. We have some discussion of these visas at Retiring abroad.

Digital nomad work
A digital nomad is someone who takes their work with them while travelling, typically working from a laptop in a café or hotel room in some interesting spot. Much of the work involved is creative, such as writing articles or computer programs, or designing various things; see travel writing for one obvious possibility.

Visas
Always secure the proper visa before you start your journey. Most countries do not allow employment on a visa waiver or tourist visa, even if you do not overstay. In some cases travellers try to skirt this by departing the country and returning every three months or so, an expensive and troublesome option that still leaves you working illegally. Unless your work plans are very short term, make sure that your employer can sponsor you for a valid work visa before accepting any job.

If you're traveling abroad for work temporarily but your employer is in your home country – for example, if you're attending conferences or doing training – most countries won't require you to obtain a work visa providing that the stay does not exceed 30–90 days. In this case, you may need a business visa or be able to take the trip visa-free.

If being hired by a foreign company to work abroad then a work visa is typically required. To obtain the visa, several things will normally need to be submitted to an embassy/consulate of the country you plan on working in:
 * Your passport.
 * A visa application with passport sized photographs.
 * Criminal background report – this can often be obtained with a request to your police department or other local authorities (in the U.S., usually the county authorities).
 * A letter from the employer stating that they need your services and have hired you, the salary you will be making, and the length of employment period. Occasionally more information is required.
 * Evidence that you will be able to support yourself (and your family, if they come with you) while in the country.

Other requirements may include medical examinations and tests, diplomas, and proof of relevant experience or qualifications. In some cases documents may need to be notarized and apostilled (essentially an international notarization). These requirements vary depending on your citizenship and what country you'll be working in; your employer or a visa agency should be able to help you through the process.

Freedom of movement arrangements
Some countries and territories have arrangements of free movement for work, either reciprocally or one-way:

 * Citizens of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland do not need a visa to work and live in each others' countries. The overseas territories of some EU countries can be interesting destinations, but some of these are not considered to be part of the European Union. Also EU citizens need working permits for some of them. The Nordic countries have had an integrated labour market since long ago.
 * Citizens of Australia and New Zealand do not need a visa to work in each other's countries. Permanent residents of Australia may also work in New Zealand without a visa, but the reverse does not apply to permanent residents of New Zealand.
 * Citizens of the United Kingdom and Ireland do not need a visa to work in each other's countries.
 * Citizens of Russia and Belarus do not need a visa to work in each other's countries.
 * Citizens of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates) do not need a visa to work in another GCC country.
 * Citizens of India and Nepal do not need a visa to work in each other's countries.
 * Citizens of Bhutan do not need a visa to work in India.
 * Citizens of Palau, the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia do not need a visa to work in the United States.
 * Residents of Hong Kong and Macau with Chinese nationality may work in mainland China with a valid Home Return Permit.
 * Citizens of Taiwan may work in mainland China with a valid Taiwan Compatriot Pass.

Accommodation
One of the hardest parts of moving abroad is finding and furnishing a place to stay. In some Asian countries like South Korea and Japan, simply renting an apartment can be very difficult due to onerous requirements like finding a Japanese guarantor who agrees to take financial responsibility for you (if you bail, they get stuck with the bill!) or, in Korea, the requirement to deposit over 50% of the purchase price of the apartment for safekeeping with the landlord. Many landlords are also reluctant to rent to foreigners, fearing culture clashes and unpaid bills – or, at the other end of the spectrum, look at foreigners as easily overcharged fools who will pay over the market price.

Expectation on what to find in a newly bought or rented apartment differs across countries. While stove etc. are regarded parts of the kitchen and the responsibility of the landlord in some countries, they are regarded normal furniture in others. Look out for similar issues. How are the maintenance responsibilities shared between your landlord, the concierge and you?

If your company can arrange accommodations for you, it's usually wise to take them up on the offer, at least until you get settled. Otherwise, look into long-stay accommodation like apartment hotels, which will allow you to get your feet out on the ground and explore in peace before taking the plunge. Sharing apartments with other expats is another common way of reducing hassle and expenses.

The Classifieds section of a local, expat-oriented newspaper or website is usually a great place to look for foreigner-friendly apartments.

Children
If you have children, their well-being is high on your agenda, and there is much to think about. Will one parent be staying at home with them? Is there a good daycare system? Should you get an au pair? A local nurse? What are the schools like? Are there international schools? Is homeschooling an option? Is the area safe and healthy? Who will become their friends? How will you take care of their relationship with friends at home, and with new friends after leaving?

For shorter stays, homeschooling may be a good option: the children can continue in their old school on return mostly as if they hadn't been away; they might be able to use their textbooks like before, and their teachers may be able to keep in touch, perhaps providing tests to allow you to check they haven't fallen behind. For more long-term homeschooling you may want to adjust the curriculum, including things they wouldn't have learnt in their normal school, and think about how you distribute "lessons" over the week and how they get enough opportunities to make local friends. You may want to have contact with a homeschooling network back home, before leaving and during your stay. If you don't have the time to take care of all the homeschooling yourselves, you need the person taking care of your children to be competent enough on these matters.

For longer stays, trying to keep up with the curriculum back home may be difficult, and your children might be better off getting friends in a local school. Attending a local school may even be legally mandated. Regardless, you should discuss your plans with your children's teachers. In big cities there may be international schools, usually with English as the language of instruction. The local schools are an obvious option, but they are not necessarily well equipped to take care of children who don't know the local language and have prior knowledge different to that of their classmates. The education culture may be very different from what you are used to. You should probably discuss the issues with their to-be teachers or at least with the school. In some cases you might want to leave your children behind, to continue in their normal school, or taking a year at some other institution.

With children, the safety of the neighbourhood where you are going to stay becomes very important. Crime, traffic, pollution, what have you. Can they walk or cycle to school by themselves, or take the bus? Are there parks or natural areas where they can play with you, their nanny or their new friends? Sport facilities? Can they visit new friends (neighbours or classmates) just telling you, or do you need to arrange transport? In parts of the world, letting a child out of sight is regarded as irresponsible, while in others it is totally normal for a 9-year-old child to cycle the 2 km to school, take the bus to a friend, and play in a nearby wood, all without any adult company if their parents happen to have other things to do.

You will probably have to learn to know the local culture fast, to be able to judge what you should allow your children to do, and what people you want them to trust or befriend.

Moving
Moving to a new house is a hassle, and moving into a foreign country is double or triply so, because you don't know how things work and there may be a language barrier too.

If you opt to have a professional ship your belongings, you're usually looking at a big bill and a wait of several months if you ship by sea, or a huge bill if you ship by air. Unless you're moving "for good", or have the company footing the bill (there and back!), you should aim to bring as little as possible. Importing a car or other motor vehicle anywhere is a major hassle. For furniture, household appliances and electronics it's usually far cheaper to buy new than ship. Books, on the other hand, can usually be shipped through ordinary mail surprisingly cheaply; ask about special rates for printed matter at your post office (in the United States, the key term is the "International M-Bag"). Most international moving companies can assist you on arrival in finding an apartment, getting a driver's license, or getting linked into the local expat community.

If you opt to bring more than your usual travel packing with you, remember that airlines usually slap on steep excess freight charges if you exceed 20 kilograms. For some travellers it may be worth considering going in business class or even first class; those are usually quite a bit more expensive, but they are more comfortable and have a larger baggage allowance.

A recommended solution would be to bring nothing more than clothing, a PC, and absolutely the bare necessities (if going by land or boat, you may be able to pack somewhat more, but going by lorry is seldom a practical option). Expats are typically living abroad for no more than four years at a time. Often expats will purchase furniture in their destination and before returning home sell their furniture abroad. This will save you money, because you don't have to deal with the hassle of moving large objects abroad and when returning after selling off the furniture an expatriate returns with extra cash – but in some countries selling your furniture will not get any significant part of your money back.

A move with all your belongings would probably involve shipping a container. In 2022 the price for medium-distance shipping of one was about USD 3,500 (the COVID-19 logistics chaos raised the price from $1500 to $10,000). Add arrangements in each end and agency costs. When packing, mind that even large ships will roll and shake in rough weather on the sea. The risk of a container getting lost is very low, but exists.

Finances
Expect to burn a lot of money in the initial phase as you pay deposits and sort out household appliances, furniture, etc. Bring a solid chunk of cash – several months' salary is wise – and explore whether your company is willing to front you an advance or pay the deposit(s) for you.

Your expenses will depend on the cost of living at your destination. North America, Western and Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand, the Middle East and Asia's richer countries (Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan) will make a sizable dent in your budget, but poorer Asian, Central European, and East European nations are much more reasonable. Keep in mind that in developing countries, a typical expat lifestyle may be much more expensive than a local's cost of living (will you be eating local food, or imported products from back home? riding public transit or getting around by taxi? housing? security?), and in many cases may even turn out more expensive than living the same lifestyle back home. Expenses can also often differ drastically between different parts of the country; real estate prices are typically low in less affluent rural areas, while they may be astronomical in attractive neighborhoods of major cities.

Opening a bank account may be a bit of a hassle when you've just arrived in the country, with no credit history, proof of address, or tax ID number. Allow for delays – this is another reason why it's important to have enough money to cover all your expenses for the first couple of months. Your employer may be able to help with opening an account, especially if they regularly hire from overseas. Failing that, try asking other expats for advice.

Taxes
Unless you are a diplomat, working overseas generally means that you will have to file income tax in the country you are based in. Income tax is structured differently in different countries, and the tax rates and brackets vary widely from one country to another. In some countries, such as the United States and Canada, income tax is levied both at the federal level and at the local level, so the rates and brackets can vary from region to region. Foreign workers may also be treated different from locals under some circumstances.

Many countries require you to obtain a tax identification number (e.g. SSN for the U.S., NINo for the U.K., TFN for Australia) when commencing work, so your employer can report your wages to the government. Similarly, banks will also often need this number in order to report any interest income accrued by you to the government. The procedure for obtaining this number varies from country to country, and you are highly advised to consult your employer before you leave to get familiarised with the procedure.

In some cases, depending on your citizenship, you will have to pay income tax to both your country of origin and the country you work in. Some countries have treaties signed with each other to avoid double taxation; you might want to check with the relevant country to be sure.

Social security
Remember to check what is included in your employment contract and local welfare, and how much you will have to pay for that which is not covered, including insurance. What about medical care, vacations, days off work because of illness, maternal leave, child care and education? What if you become disabled or die (at work or otherwise)? Is your working abroad adding to social security back home, such as pensions and unemployment benefits? Do not count on not losing them altogether.

In some cases the specifics of your employment affect what benefits you get or lose, e.g. whether you are sent abroad by a domestic company or employed by the local branch counted (at home) as a foreign company. The length of your stay is also important, so if working for half a year, think twice about working a few days less or more than the limit (counting in the same way as the authorities).

Healthcare
Healthcare systems vary greatly between countries, and you are advised to do some research before you travel. While you can expect uniformly good standards at hospitals in the United States, Canada, Western and Northern Europe, Australia, New Zealand and the richer countries of Asia (Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Singapore, Israel), standards can be much more variable in less developed countries. For instance, in Kuala Lumpur or Manila, you can expect relatively good healthcare standards, but the quality of healthcare drops substantially once you leave those cities and head to more rural parts of Malaysia or the Philippines. In some countries, such as China or India, Western expatriates are in general advised not to use the public healthcare system, and to instead rely exclusively on expatriate-oriented private hospitals. In a few countries healthcare is almost non-existent, so you will need to be evacuated to more developed countries in order to receive satisfactory medical treatment.

Before setting off, ensure that you are either covered by the state-run universal healthcare system, or that you have purchased insurance to cover your healthcare expenses for the time you will be there. Most Western countries have taxpayer-funded universal healthcare coverage for their citizens and permanent residents, but this is not universally available to expatriates. The United States, on the other hand, for the most part lacks government-subsidised healthcare, and healthcare costs are almost entirely covered by private health insurance. If you are required to take up private health insurance, the cost of premiums can sometimes be covered or subsidised by your employer as part of your employee benefits; check before you leave to be sure. If you are moving to a developing country to work, ensure that whatever insurance policy you purchase covers private hospitals, as the standard in public hospitals may not be what you are able to put up with. Also ensure that your insurance covers medical evacuations, as you may sometimes need to be airlifted to a more developed country in order to receive adequate medical treatment for your case, the cost of which is prohibitively expensive for most people.

Expat life
Expat life can be dull and lonely at times, but also exciting if one embraces new opportunities. In countries and regions less connected to the "outside world" than other parts, life can feel dull and uneventful. To cure this, many expats venture into the nearest capital or take a weekend trip to another country.

To cope with living abroad and to overcome culture shock, familiarize yourself with the local customs and culture as much as possible. Try to learn the local language: even a few words can help break the ice with locals. Try to get out and see more than what you normally would during the commute to and from work. Make new relationships and seek new friends. In most countries, you'll generally find that the more polite and good natured you are towards the locals, the easier your stay will be, and you might even make some life-long friends in the process. The general idea is to not be a shut-in, get out and generate some life experiences for yourself.

Stay safe
Millions of people from countries all over the world have great experiences working overseas. Excellent opportunities are out there, but there are serious risks as well, so be cautious and look out for yourself. There are few available resources for travellers who are harmed while working abroad. Some employers deceive their foreign hires, taking advantage of their unfamiliarity with the local laws (and maybe the local language) to bring them over with improper paperwork. The laws may be structured to protect an unscrupulous local employer while penalizing a foreigner who was duped into working illegally.

Before taking a job overseas, research your future employer. Ask to talk to current employees and get their take. If the company isn't well known, look it up online – if you find former employees complaining about they were treated, or if you can't find third-party sources indicating the employer is reputable, steer clear. It's best to find job listings from a source that vets the organizations it allows to advertise.

The field is littered with a few outright scams and many schemes that prey on the naïve traveller. Some offers are advance fee scams or exist to harvest your data for identity theft. Beware if an employer uses a free e-mail or web hosting service for official communications or if its headquarters address is a drop box or a commercial mail receiving agency. Just because a company is legally incorporated does not make it legitimate; incorporation can be done quickly with almost no verification in many industrialised countries. A fraudulent employer may request a large payment before you arrive to cover some of their expenses in hiring you, but once you arrive, the promised job isn't as advertised (or doesn't exist at all) and your money is gone.

Be sure you understand your compensation. Some employers promise a reasonable wage per hour, but the workable hours don't materialise and no hours means no income. If you can only extend a work visa after having worked a certain number of hours, as is the case in Australia, a savvy employer can use under-scheduling as a threat to indirectly deport an undesired employee from the country. If the wage and hours seem good, the costs of housing, taxes, and other expenses at the destination may be high as well. Employers may look for foreign workers who are unaware of the cost of living. If local workers aren't leaping at the opportunity, there's a reason.

Job seekers may encounter opportunities to become a money mule or parcel mule, a courier who moves illegally-sourced goods across borders. A mule will be out of pocket for expenses after the employer pays with stolen money, proceeds of crime, forged cheques, or money orders, or if the payment fails to clear the bank. If a prospective employer asks you to ship or carry anything across an international border, be wary. If what you're carrying turns out to be stolen or illegal, you will be the only one liable.

Some employers abuse the visa system to subject visitors to working conditions that local workers would never tolerate. Governments usually issue work visas which are tied to one employer, who then can exploit the worker in what amounts to indentured servitude. Employees who fear deportation if they lose their job have been subjected to long hours, low wages (or outright wage theft), housing of workers in overpriced and substandard accommodation, unsafe working conditions, and even physical or sexual harassment. In some countries, employers hold an employee's passport hostage to prevent them from resigning or leaving. This is usually illegal, but some Middle Eastern countries have laws that prevent a worker from leaving the country without the employer's consent — which have been criticized as forms of slavery. Employers may try to bring employees to work under the wrong visa. A tourist or business travel visa might allow the traveller to attend business meetings, but it may not allow them to perform original work. If you have a work visa, it might limit you to a specific industry, city, or employer. Being caught working illegally can land you in jail, get you fined, get you deported and banned from re-entry, and earn you a permanent criminal record which may make it hard to obtain visas to other countries in the future.

Some employers that do not want to spend the necessary resources to get you a work visa will instead ask you to do regular border runs to the neighbouring countries, allowing a prolonged stay on tourist visas. Working on a tourist visa is illegal in most cases even if you don't overstay, and some countries such as China and Thailand are cracking down on the practice.

Human trafficking and modern slavery
In extreme cases, some fake companies are bait and switch or even human trafficking schemes: Victims could be subjected to further human trafficking, torture or illegal organ transplantation. Some Southeast Asian countries like Cambodia, Myanmar and Thailand are notorious for these schemes. In these cases, criminal syndicates have sufficient manpower and weapons to guard their bases, and it is nearly impossible for victims to escape on their own once abducted. Local authorities and the police may collude with criminal enterprises. Seeking help from your country's diplomatic mission is probably a better choice to seek freedom.
 * The victim is offered a job in a restaurant or hotel abroad, only to find the advertised position doesn't exist, the recruiters are part of an organised crime gang, and the prospective foreign worker is forced into prostitution or committing offences like telecommunication fraud and illegal remote gambling.
 * Apart from the typical high-paid, no experience facade, criminals may also post seemingly legitimate job offers that require special skills to attract professional workers.
 * A newer method is by establishing front companies in the victim's home country. After they were employed and were given some tasks in their job, the company organizes a guided tour and uses the tour as a method to traffic victims en masse. Chartered flights can be used in these large-scale trafficking schemes.

While the defence of duress or special defence for human trafficking may be available to victims who were forced to commit offences, they may still be liable to prosecution once they were rescued. Victims are advised to collect evidence to prove they were forced to do so under coercion, slavery or exploitation, to the extent they can do so safely.

A variant of this is debt bondage, in which the traveller is charged some exorbitant amount for transport or entry to a country, then forced to work in slave-like conditions to repay this "debt" – which sometimes never goes away. A worker who complains is physically beaten or their families in their home countries are threatened or tortured; if the victim complains to police, they are either neglected and send back to the abuser due to the police corruption, or simply deported for immigration violations.

The following provides some advice to prevent falling into such traps:
 * Always verify the employer's background and its address before your journey – criminal syndicates may leave fake addresses, which can sometimes be identified through maps, use a shell company with key figures that don't match the description you got, or use information on an unrelated real company. Criminal syndicates may organize seemingly formal interviews or show a fake employment environment to cover up their intention.
 * To make their claim more appealing, criminal syndicates may claim that they have booked air tickets and hotels, or have brought insurance on behalf of the victims. Check with airlines, hotels and insurance companies to verify whether the booking is true or simply a facade.
 * If you are going on a guided tour, check whether the travel agent is properly registered.
 * Recruitment advertisements posted on social media are particularly dangerous.
 * For Chinese job advertisements published in places using Traditional Chinese (i.e. Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan) but written in Simplified Chinese may be a hint of fraudulent job offer – they are likely written by Chinese criminal syndicates or Chinese victims.
 * Do not trust recruitment ads or travel invitations just because they are sent by an acquaintance of yours. They could be already abducted and forced to send the message, or the contact details and even style of writing might have simply been copied, from public sources or by spyware.
 * Suggesting you can work with a normal tourist visa in a foreign country means the offer is at best illegal, at worst bogus. Check also on other formalities; a company not having registered you by tax authorities etc. might show your position is bogus or illegal.
 * Register your journey with your embassy. Keep somebody informed on where you are going (including tours etc.).
 * If you suspect that you are falling victim, get away to somewhere safe if you find a way, and contact your country's diplomatic mission immediately to seek help. If you suspect your acquaintances are under danger, immediately contact the police to ensure investigation is opened swiftly.
 * Foreign criminal enterprises may also collaborate with gangs in your country to force and subdue victims. If you are supervised by suspicious persons during recruitment or departure, you may be under control of local gangs. Try to contact local police by any means. It is much harder to seek freedom once you leave your country.
 * Finally, if the job offer is too good to be true, it probably is. If you cannot ascertain the validity of the offer, reject it without hesitation.

If in doubt, obtain specialised advice before considering travel abroad to work or volunteer. If you are in danger, try to contact your country's diplomatic mission or some sort of centralized consular protection hotline.

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Worland

Worland is a city of 5100 people (2018) in Northwest Wyoming. It provides easy access to the Big Horn Mountains to the west, and the Wind River Mountains and the Wind River Canyon to the south.

Understand
Worland is a hub for business in the Big Horn Basin. The economy of Worland is supported by agriculture and oil/gas drilling. Sugar beets are the top agricultural product of the area. Top employers in Worland include Admiral Beverage, Wyoming Sugar Company, Crown Cork & Seal, and MillerCoors.

History
Charles H. "Dad" Worland in 1900 dug his underground stage stop here on the old Bridger Trail. From Dad's dugout grew the City of Worland. Early settlers dreamed that the Big Horn River would create a new way of life in the desert. In 1903, a party of surveyors made their way into the Big Horn Basin area to determine the feasibility of a large irrigation project. At that time, the current site of Worland had a population of fewer than 100 people.

By 1904, the project was in full swing and Camp Worland evolved into a community with a school, church, post office, and general store.

By car

 * US-16 W/US-20 W heads northwest toward Cody.
 * US-16 E heads east toward Ten Sleep, Wyoming.
 * US-20 E/WY-789 S will take you to Thermopolis.

By bus
Greyhound, Java Dreams, 325 N 11th St, Ste D,.

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World's Fair

A World's Fair (commonly called World Exposition, or simply Expo) is large international festival of arts and sciences. Participating countries present artistic and educational displays in national pavilions to showcase world issues or their country's culture and history. Such is the scale of these events that they are sanctioned by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) in order to control expense and to avoid any clashes with other expositions and large international events, such as the Olympics.

History
The origins of world's fairs lay in a French tradition of national exhibitions, and the success of the French Industrial Exposition in 1844 lead to the adoption of such events by neighbouring European countries. The idea made its way to the United Kingdom, which held the "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations", better known as simply "The Great Exhibition", in 1851. This event set down the precedent in terms of scale and content, which expanded beyond a single topic and included exhibits on wider aspects of society, including art-and-design education, international trade and relations, and tourism. This format was later copied by several other cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries, such as Paris, who held numerous world's fairs.

The rising popularity of the world's fair concept brought conflicts of schedule and interest. In 1928, a convention to schedule regular World's Fairs was created, and the BIE was created to coordinate World's Fair organization. Soon after, the themes that typified world's fairs began to change. An international exhibition in New York in 1939-40 began a shift from the unveiling and showcasing of new technologies and practices to exhibits relating to human and cultural experiences. This paradigm continued after the Second World War, and term 'Expo' for world's fairs was coined in 1967 at Montréal's International and Universal Exposition, or Expo 1967.

Eventually, the idea that world's fairs were a great vehicle to advertise countries became prominent, and the pavilions began to carry greater cultural and historical references to the countries that displayed them. Today, world's fairs employ not only nation branding, but throwbacks to the old paradigms of world's fairs, showcasing new and innovative technologies, and reflections on the prevailing human condition and experience.

Types
There are three types of world's fair as set out by the BIE:
 * Universal Expositions (World Expositions) are the largest expositions and are considered the 'major' fairs. These events take place every five years and last anywhere between three weeks and three months. They are the most expensive and often most extravagant type of fair, as large international participation requires enough area for each country to promote their national brand. Participants are required to build their own pavilions. This means no expense is spared, often resulting in some spectacular exhibits. Themes are usually universal to the human experience. All events of a suitable scale prior to 1928 were retrospectively made Universal Expositions. Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, has been postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
 * International Expositions (Specialized Expositions) are the smaller than Universal Expositions, and are considered the 'minor' fairs. These events tend to encompass much narrower or specialised themes. There is no set frequency to these events, although only one may be held in the five-year gap between the larger Universal Exhibitions.
 * International Horticultural Expositions are specialised events which showcase floral displays, botanical gardens and anything else to do with plants. Although in theory they can take place annually (so long as they are in different countries), in practice they are not. These events normally last anywhere between three and six months, and are held on sites no smaller than 50 hectares. They are jointly sanctioned by the BIE and the International Association of Horticultural Producers (AIPH). The 2019 event was held in Beijing, China.

The BIE also recognizes the Milan Triennial Exhibition of Decorative Arts and Modern Architecture (also Triennale di Milano, Milan Triennale, or Triennale di Milano International Exhibition) for historical reasons, provided that it retains its original features. The Triennale showcases modern decorative and industrial arts. In 2019, the XXII Triennale focused on design approaches that explore the relations between humans, nature and other species.

Previous events

 * Internationale Gartenausstellung 2017 (IGA 2017), a Horticultural Exposition, in Berlin, Germany, ran from 7 April to 6 October 2017.
 * Expo Astana 2017, an International Exposition in Astana,Kazakhstan, ran from 10 June to 10 September 2017, with theme Energy of the Future.
 * XXI Triennale International Exhibition, in Milan, Italy, ran from 2 April to 12 September 2016 with theme 21st Century. Design after Design.
 * Expo 2016, a Horticultural Exposition in Antalya, Turkey, ran from 23 April to 30 October 2016, with the theme A Green Life for Future Generations.
 * Expo Milan 2015, a Universal Exposition in Milan, Italy, ran from 1 May to 31 October 2015 with the theme Feeding the planet, energy for life.
 * Expo 2012 (2012 여수 세계 박람회 International Exposition Yeosu Korea 2012) was an International Exposition held in Yeosu, South Korea. The theme of the event was 'The Living Ocean and Coast', and it ran for three months, from May 12 - August 12, 2012. Expo 2012 received over 8,000,000 visitors and was attended by 103 countries and 8 international organisations.
 * Floridae 2012 was the most recent instalment of the Netherlands' decennial flowering and gardening exhibition, the sixth time it was sanctioned by the BIE and AIPH as an International Horticultural Exposition. Held in the southeastern city of Venlo, the theme of the event was 'Be part of the theatre in nature; get closer to the quality of life'
 * Expo 2010 ((上海世博会 Shanghai Shibohui), a Universal Exposition, was held in Shanghai, China. The theme was 'Better City – Better Life', focusing on urban development. The event ran for 184 days, opening on May 1 and closing on October 31, 2010. World fair attendance records were broken, with more than 73,000,000 overall visitors over the six months, including more than 1,000,000 visitors on October 16 alone. Over 180 countries participated in the event.

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Wikivoyage:Past events/World Cup 2006

The FIFA World Cup 2006 was held in Germany between June 9, 2006 and July 9, 2006.

Tickets
Regular tickets come in four categories (1-4), with category 1 being the best pitchside seats (best views) and category 4 being for those behind the goals (worst views). Prices start from €35 (group games, category 4) and go up to €600 (final, category 1). See the FIFA site for ticket details. The fifth and final ticket sales period started on May 1st, 2006.

From 1 February to 31 March 2005 world-wide the first phase of the ticket sales of the football WM took place. Scarcely over one million humans from 195 countries applied in this first two-month sales phase for the 812,000 tickets. 8,7 million valid ticket orders were received, from which 6.25 million originate from Germany. 2,3 million orders from one manipulation attempt started from the USA and 1.3 million double orders were not accepted. Thus come on each ticket of first sales sale over 10 applicants. Already after the first 48 hours of sales sale the demand had exceeded the offer. Everyone could receive maximally in each case four tickets over a lot procedure for seven plays. It does not take place treatment in a chronological order. In an do-VG-EXAMINED procedure and under notarial supervision on 15 April 2005 the first order phase was drawn by lots. On 22 April 2005 all applicants receive to email, in which one communicates: 1. "due to the large demand for tickets for the FIFA soccer world championship Germany 2006 (TM) the examined and accepted ticket requests of a drawing had to be submitted. Unfortunately no tickets for the FIFA soccer world championship Germany could be assigned to you 2006 (TM)." or 2. "we are pleased that the following tickets for the FIFA soccer world championship Germany are assigned to you 2006 (TM): Selection 1: # play number: Play crew (and/or NR) - play crew, date, price category: ". 208,455 applicants have themselves the tickets of first sales sale secured. The majority of the 900,000 applicants therefore gets a refusal. 80 per cent of the applicants come from Germany.

Accommodation
Do not fool yourself believing that you will be able to arrive in a city and find accommodation easily. Chances are you will spend several hours searching for accommodation, assuming you can find anything in the first place. Reserve before you depart and always carry a confirmation from the hotel, should they happen to lose your reservation.

By air
Several options for those flying directly to Germany are Frankfurt am Main (The major hub in Germany), Berlin, or Munich. Each of those cities will host several games or once in you can leave the city and take a train to another host city.

Some travellers may find arriving in another European city a more economical alternative. Occasionally travellers leaving from Philadelphia and flying to Paris and then taking a discount airliner to Frankfurt can save up to several hundred dollars.

By train
Additionally, if you are planning to travel around the continent you may want to check out these other Wikivoyage articles:
 * Rail travel in Europe

Get around
See the Germany article for general details. Deutsche Bahn are running some special deals for World Cup fans. The Weltmeister-Ticket enables you to travel from wherever you are staying in Germany to your match on second class trains, but including the fast ICE trains, as well as night trains with a supplement fee. It is only valid in conjunction with a valid World Cup ticket and costs, depending on the length of the journey, €54 (up to 200 km), €74 (from 201 - 350 km), or €90 (above 351 km) -- note that the prices reflect the years that Germany has won the World Cup. The Weltmeister-Pass is for anyone planning to travel a lot during the World Cup. No World Cup ticket is needed, and it is valid for the five weeks of the World Cup (from 7 June to 11 July 2006). It costs €349 for 2nd class travel and €549 for 1st class for unlimited journeys, including night trains with a supplement fee.

Venues
The host cities will be Berlin, Leipzig, Cologne, Munich, Frankfurt am Main, Dortmund, Hannover, Hamburg, Kaiserslautern, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, and Gelsenkirchen.

The official match schedule is available online. All of the first-round matches that will eventually eliminate sixteen of the thirty-two teams are scheduled and set; in addition, the dates, times, and locations of the later-round matches are also listed on the schedule.

Yellowikis has addresses and maps for all the World Cup World_Cup_2006 stadia

Host cities information

 * Berlin
 * Cologne
 * Dortmund
 *  Frankfurt (am Main)
 * Gelsenkirchen
 * Hamburg
 * Hanover
 * Kaiserslautern
 * Leipzig
 * Munich
 * Nuremberg
 * Stuttgart

Buy
World Cup merchandise is already on sale:
 * German flags, face paint
 * GOLEO VI, the loveable lion mascot
 * Official replica soccer ball

Do
If you aren't lucky enough to have tickets to the games, you can still visit Germany during the World Cup for the atmosphere. Germany is already well and truly in WM-Fieber (World Cup fever), and almost all towns and cities in Germany will have public places where they will televise the games live. You could try going to the host cities to be with other fans. Another alternative is to head to where your team is staying and maybe sit in on an open training session. Here's the list of where teams will be based:

 * Angola - Ringhotel Celler Tor, Celle
 * Argentina - Hotel Herzogs Park, Herzogenaurach
 * Australia - Wald Schlosshotel Friedrichsruhe, Öhringen
 * Brazil (Group stage) - Kempinski Hotel, Falkenstein; (Knockout stage) - Schlosshotel Lerbach, Bergisch Gladbach
 * Costa Rica - Holiday Inn Walldorf, Heidelberg
 * Croatia - Dorint Resort & Spa, Bad Brückenau
 * Czech Republic - Lindner Hotel & Sporting Club Wiesensee, Westerburg
 * Ecuador - Bristol Hotel, Bad Kissingen
 * England - Schlosshotel Bühlerhöhe, Baden-Baden
 * France - Schlosshotel Münchhausen, Aerzen
 * Germany - Schlosshotel Grunewald, Berlin
 * Ghana - Maritim Hotel, Würzburg
 * Iran - Hotel Krone, Friedrichshafen
 * Italy - Landhaus Milser, Duisburg
 * Ivory Coast - Hotel Clostermanns Hof, Niederkassel
 * Japan - Hilton Bonn, Bonn
 * Mexico - Hotel Freizeit In, Göttingen
 * Netherlands - Parkhotel Adler, Hinterzarten
 * Paraguay - Sport Academy Oberhaching, Baden-Baden
 * Poland - Sport Academy Barsinghausen, Hanover
 * Portugal - Sport Academy Klosterpforte, Marienfeld
 * Saudi Arabia - Hotel Dolce, Bad Nauheim
 * Serbia and Montenegro - Hotel Weissenburg, Billerbeck
 * South Korea - Grandhotel Schloss Bensberg, Cologne
 * Spain - Sport Academy Kaiserau, Kamen
 * Sweden - Park Hotel, Bremen
 * Switzerland - Kurhotel Fürstenhof, Bad Bertrich
 * Togo - Hotel Waltersbühl, Wangen
 * Trinidad and Tobago - Hotel Landhaus Wachtelhof, Rotenburg
 * Tunisia - Hotel Mercure, Schweinfurt
 * Ukraine - Seminaris SeeHotel, Potsdam
 * United States - Park Hyatt Hamburg, Hamburg

Stay safe
Germany is mostly very safe. However, there is an increasing concern for racism-based hate-attack in Germany, which seems to be raising in the last few months due to the coming World Cup. It is said that the German police are prepared for such things. Nevertheless, try your best to stay safe especially if you are obviously non-Caucasian and do report to the police for any threat as you might save other people.

Important telephone numbers

 * Police: 110
 * Emergency: 112

Go next

 * Visit all the other interesting German cities that are not venues of the World Cup, like Bremen and Dresden
 * Prague, the Czech Republic's capital is easily accessible from Munich.
 * Warsaw, Poland is a several hour train ride from Berlin's Ostbahnhof train station.
 * Brussels can be reached from Cologne in a few hours on a high speed train.
 * Salzburg (city), Austria can be reached from Munich.
 * Basel, Zürich and Berne are easily reachable from Germany by Train in around 2-3 hours (Stuttgart, Munich) or 3-4 hours (Dortmund). In those cities the games of Euro 2008 will be held, so if you like to have a look around the new stadiums in Berne or Basel, they are usually opened for public when there are no games held there.

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Wikivoyage:Past events/World Cup 2010

The 2010 Fifa World Cup was held in South Africa between the 11th June and 11th July 2010. It was the first time the tournament was staged in Africa. Soccerex conventions 2007 to 2009 were also moved from Dubai to Gauteng.

Visas
The South African Department of Home Affairs, +27 12 810-8911, have details on visa requirements. Many nationalities are exempt for visa requirements. It is advisable that, if you require a visa, you apply for it with time to spare. Home Affairs are sure to be flooded with visa requests at the last moment and turnaround times may be longer than normal.

Tickets
Tickets will be made available by FIFA from the 20th February, 2009 via their website, www.fifa.com, and information will be posted here. Ticket prices for round of 16 matches range between US$ 100 to $ 200 pp (ZAR 700 to ZAR 1400). Plan on buying tickets early; fact being 2-3 million fans are expected to show up. FIFA gives accreditations for Official Travel Agencies (OTA's) across the globe to sell packages that include guaranteed tickets. This includes experienced, highly reputable international companies such as Thomson Sport in the UK and Cartan Tours and Great Atlantic Travel in the USA.

Accommodation
Best to plan your stay and book early.

June/July when the games are held is also one of South Africa's school holiday periods. Not only will you be competing for accommodation with a larger than normal number of international visitors, you will also have local holiday makers to contend with. Cape Town, and to a slightly lesser extend Durban, is especially popular as a holiday destination for people from Gauteng at this time of year.

A number of the venues are not generally regarded as tourist destinations and do not have the infrastructure to accommodate large numbers of visitors. It might be cheaper and easier to find accommodation a bit further afield and travel to the matches. You can, for example, quite easily drive from Pretoria to Rustenburg to watch a match and be back in Pretoria for dinner.

By air
South Africa has 10 airports that act as international ports of entry to the country. The larger and most used are OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg and Cape Town International Airport

Prior to and during the World Cup, a number of additional international flights may also be scheduled to some of the other international airports. A new airport has been opened for Durban, King Shaka International Airport, 30 km north of Durban.

See Air travel in South Africa for detailed information.

By train
Gautrain, South Africa 80-kilometre mass rapid transit railway system in Gauteng Province, South Africa that will link Johannesburg, Pretoria, and OR Tambo International Airport.

Gautrain Network

The Gautrain rail network will be 80 kilometers long. Gautrain is connected to other forms of public transport:

Taxis Buses Current Metrorail public train system

Traveling at a speed of 160 kilometers per hour, Gautrain will only take 40 minutes to travel between Johannesburg and Pretoria, but this link will not be finished for 2010. From Sandton to the OR Tambo International Airport it will only take 10 to 20 minutes. Commuters on this route can check in their luggage at the Sandton Station before arriving at OR Tambo International Airport.

The cost for traveling on the Johannesburg/Pretoria route will be between R13.00 and R29.00, depending on distance. The cost of traveling to a station with the Gautrain Bus Link will be between R4.00 and R11.00.

Gautrain Stations

There will be security cameras and security guards on patrol in the stations and the parking areas. Only passengers who have an electronic ticket will have access to Gautrain?s stations and the parking areas. Motorists can travel to the stations and leave their cars at the safe parking bays that are being built at the stations. Parking at the station could cost around R6.00 a day.

Ten station locations have been identified:

 * Johannesburg Park Station - (underground station)
 * Rosebank - (underground station)
 * Sandton - (underground station)
 * Marlboro - (station at grade)
 * Midrand - (station at grade)
 * Centurion - (station on structure)
 * Pretoria - (station at grade)
 * Hatfield - (station at grade)
 * Rhodesfield - (station on structure)
 * OR Tambo International Airport - (station on structure)

Gautrain website

By bus
South African commuters busses: Golden Arrow

Long distance bus services in South Africa:

Greyhound Citiliner Translux MegaBus

By car
For distances up to about 400 km, a rental car generally your best option as public transport is limited and a car will give you the most freedom to go where you want when you want. The road infrastructure in South Africa is generally very good.

The section on road travel on the main South Africa entry will give you a lot more detailed information.

Host cities

The following cities will play host to matches during the tournament:
 * Bloemfontein
 * Cape Town
 * Durban
 * Johannesburg
 * Nelspruit
 * Port Elizabeth
 * Polokwane
 * Pretoria
 * Rustenburg

The following cities will host training camps for the competing nations:

Venues

An unofficial self-updating Google Earth Placemark is available for those travelers who want to see where the stadiums are.

Buy
Take care not to pay exuberant prices for counterfeit 2010 World Cup merchandise. The SA Revenue Service reported on January 27, 2007 that they have already confiscated more than R2 million worth of counterfeit goods displaying the 2010 logo. The goods included kit bags, football balls and socks.

Do
South Africa is a country with many things to do apart from watching the soccer:

 * Go on Safari - All of the Big Five can be seen in natural surroundings in South Africa. The biggest and most famous safari park in the country (and possibly the world) is The Kruger National Park (located to the north east of Nelspruit, on the border with Mozambique and Zimbabwe), although one downside is that it is so large that it requires several days to see the whole park. Addo Elephant National Park (near Port Elizabeth) is a smaller alternative, although you won't see lions, and Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park (near Durban) is another good park. Also see National Parks and African fauna and flora for more information.

 * Surf at one of South Africa's many world-class surfing spots. J Bay, Durban, Plett...

 * Check out South Africa's colourful past - Robben Island, township tours...

 * Birdwatching

 * See whales, penguins, sharks

 * Visit one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites in South Africa

 * Check out ancient San rock art

 * Play golf

 * Gamble

 * Horse riding is a popular recreational activity

 * South Africa has many famous hiking trails

From a fixed line

 * 107 - Emergency
 * 10111 - Police
 * 10177 - Ambulance

From a mobile phone

 * 112 - Emergency

Stay healthy
Use sunscreen, wear a hat, drink lots of liquids.

June/July is the middle of winter in South Africa, but temperatures can still be quite high during the day and you may suffer from sunburn when out in the open for extended periods of time. This is especially true for the Highveld (Johannesburg, Pretoria, Rustenburg) and northern venues (Nelspruit and Polokwane). Also see the section on sunburn and sun protection.

Also read stay healthy in South Africa for other important health related issues.

Stay informed
Local media will from time to time carry articles about stadium progress, infrastructure upgrades and possible problems.

Newspapers

Go next
Whilst not soaking up the culture in SA and enjoying the soccer, there are many countries nearby which are well worth exploring:
 * Botswana
 * Lesotho, the Kingdom in the Sky is a haven for outdoor pursuits: hiking, pony trekking, off roading...
 * Mozambique
 * Namibia
 * Swaziland
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

A bit further out, but popular with South African travelers and easy to reach by plane are
 * Madagascar
 * Mauritius
 * Seychelles
 * Kenya

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