Source: Back to Jerusalem, August 2, 2025
Turkmenistan, a former Soviet state, is showing signs it’s ready for tourism, which is a positive sign for missionaries who have been praying for the country to open up for decades. Not many people know much about Turkmenistan, but that is because it is about as inaccessible as North Korea, Yemen, or Eritrea, but the country surprisingly began to open up their visa process to tourists in April.
Turkmenistan has been a somewhat impenetrable Muslim nation, completely cut off from the rest of the world. According to the Joshua Project, of Turkmenistan’s 49 people groups, 16 are completely unreached.
Interested in Central Asia? The Ferghana Valley is open for visitors (BBC). For more suggestions, read The 25 Best Places to Travel in 2025.
We also praise God for those able and willing to stay in places don’t make that kind of list. Read about a long-term Irish missionary among nine people kidnapped from a Haitian orphanage.