{"id":199465,"date":"2026-02-07T01:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/florida-travel-alert-issued-ahead-of-world-cup-what-is-a-travel-alert-florida-today\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T01:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T01:01:09","slug":"florida-travel-alert-issued-ahead-of-world-cup-what-is-a-travel-alert-florida-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/florida-travel-alert-issued-ahead-of-world-cup-what-is-a-travel-alert-florida-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida travel alert issued ahead of World Cup. What is a travel alert? – Florida Today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Several groups concerned about international tourists\u2019 rights ahead of the World Cup announced a travel alert to the U.S., particularly Florida.<\/a>
The announcement was made outside FIFA\u2019s offices in South Florida by groups including ACLU of Florida, Florida Immigrant Coalition and American Friends Service Committee. Their message was for visitors to \u201cstrongly\u201d reconsider travel to Florida due to what they called multiple cases of tourists and U.S. citizens being\u00a0detained for immigration enforcement purposes.<\/a>
Gov. Ron DeSantis issued a response Friday<\/a> that the alert came from \u201cleft-wing groups, not ‘civil rights’ groups.\u201d
\u201cHow many years have left-wing groups pulled this travel advisory stunt vis-a-vis Florida?\u201d DeSantis posted on social media.
But what is a travel alert and who can issue one?
Technically, travel alerts, advisories<\/a> or bans come from the government.
The president is the one who has authority<\/a> to issue travel bans, which suspends or imposes restrictions on non-citizens coming into the U.S.
Travel advisories are issued by the U.S. Department of State.<\/a> The purposes is to describe risks and recommended precautions for U.S. citizens, not international travelers, to a foreign destination.
The government has four levels of travel advisories.
Throngs of soccer fans from around the world are expected to descend on the U.S. for the the\u00a02026 FIFA World Cup<\/a>, which begins in June.
Various matches, including\u00a0seven scheduled to be played in South Florida.<\/a> Mark Pieth, a Swiss attorney who chaired an oversight committee on FIFA reform,\u00a0urged fans to skip the World Cup.<\/a>
\u201cThere\u2019s only one piece of advice for fans,\u201d he told the Swiss newspaper Der Bund. \u201cStay away from the USA! You\u2019ll see it better on TV anyway. And upon arrival, fans should expect that if they don\u2019t please officials, they\u2019ll be put straight on the next flight home. If they\u2019re lucky.\u201d
Bryan Griffin, president and CEO of Visit Florida, told USA Today Network on Friday the Florida travel alerts made this week by the various groups are ridiculous.
“These ‘advisories’ are ridiculous and, unfortunately, politically-motivated stunts that needlessly seek to harm our state and industry,” Griffin said. “Lawful visitors to our state have no reason to be concerned. Florida welcomes hundreds of thousands of travelers daily and is looking forward to being a hub for World Cup celebrations for residents and travelers alike. Visitors can expect an enjoyable, safe, and easy travel experience in Florida.”
Michelle Spitzer<\/a>\u00a0is a journalist for The USA TODAY NETWORK-FLORIDA. As the network\u2019s Rapid Response reporter, she covers Florida\u2019s breaking news.\u00a0You can get all of Florida\u2019s best content directly in your inbox each weekday day by signing up for the free newsletter, Florida TODAY, at<\/em>\u00a0https:\/\/floridatoday.com\/newsletters<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Several groups concerned about international tourists\u2019 rights ahead of the World Cup announced a travel alert to the U.S., particularly Florida.The announcement was made outside FIFA\u2019s offices in South Florida by groups including ACLU of Florida, Florida Immigrant Coalition and American Friends Service Committee. Their message was for visitors to \u201cstrongly\u201d reconsider travel to Florida […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":199466,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-199465","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199465\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199466"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}