Taking out travel insurance: When is it compulsory?

Getting a travel insurance, is an option that in many situations cannot be ignored, during a trip can happen a lot of unexpected events or problems that face them without a travel insurance can cause more than a financial expense.

For some destinations are impossible to visit without insurance, Countries such as Algeria, Belarus, Cuba, Ecuador, Iran or Russia require tourists to get an insurance in order to obtain an entry visa.

On the other hand, although for other countries it is not compulsory, they are highly recommended because of their specific characteristics, either because some destinations are characterized as exotic like the Philippines or Thailand, or because of their high cost like Canada or the USA, (for example, a medicalized plane that has to bring you back from the USA can cost about 50,000 euros). Proper travel insurance allows the insured to be free of such things.