Best Yemen Heritage Tour: Sana'a UNESCO 1986, Shibam Walled City 1982, Zabid 1993, Hadhramaut Valley and the Deep Felix Arabia Destinations
Browse more guides: Yemen travel | Asia destinations Best Yemen Heritage Destinations: Sana'a Old City (UNESCO 1986), Shibam Walled City (UNESCO 1982), Zabid (UNESCO 1993), Marib Ancient Saba (UNESCO 2023 emergency), and Socotra Archipelago (UNESCO 2008) TL;DR I will state the hard truth before any travel romance. Yemen as a tourist mainland is, at the date this guide is published on 2026-05-11, effectively closed. The civil war that began in March 2015 between Houthi forces and the Saudi-led coalition is still active in pockets, the United Nations counts roughly 377,000 cumulative deaths (combat plus war-driven hunger and disease) and around 4.5 million internally displaced, and the humanitarian appeal still classifies about 24 million Yemenis as needing aid. The United States Department of State maintains a Level 4 Do Not Travel advisory for Yemen, the United Kingdom Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office advises against all travel, and Australia, Canada, France, and Ge...