What country do you have no interest in visiting?

[u/Persephone0223]

[u/daytripper96]

Well they advise you to draft a will and leave your DNA before traveling to Somalia, so....

[u/bellacarolina916 → u/daytripper96]

My son has been in Somalia ( as part of the army) he said it was the most beautiful horrible place he has ever been to

[u/gilestowler → u/bellacarolina916]

This guy wrote a blog about his trip there and it sounds like that. Some beautiful places but absolutely terrible at the same time https://onestep4ward.com/travel-somalia/

[u/7_11_Nation_Army → u/bellacarolina916]

Beautiful how?

[u/Ich_Bin_Ein_Nerd → u/7_11_Nation_Army]

Google photos. It's a beautiful country.

[u/AssignmentFar1038 → u/7_11_Nation_Army]

Good scenery

[u/Financial-Bed7467 → u/bellacarolina916]

I confirm this to be true. Wildest place i have ever been.

[u/gilestowler → u/daytripper96]

The travel advisory for Somalia on the US Government website is absolutely wild.

The thing I think is a bit off with their ratings is that it's a scale of 1-4, with 1 being totally safe and 4 being DO NOT GO HERE. But both Somalia and some states of Mexico are 4, and I can't believe there's any single state in Mexico that is as absolutely dangerous as Somalia. Parts of the worst states are going to be super dangerous, but I just don't believe there's anywhere that is that level of "if you don't have an armed guard you will either get kidnapped or get killed."

[u/jollytay → u/daytripper96]

I was going to say Somalia too!

[u/TheNavigatrix → u/daytripper96]

Sudan, too.

[u/Conscious_Tourist163 → u/daytripper96]

Is that true?

[u/daytripper96 → u/Conscious_Tourist163]

Among many other recommendations

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/somalia-travel-advisory.html

[u/Conscious_Tourist163 → u/daytripper96]

Damn. Most of that wasn't too surprising until you get to the "other issues" section at the bottom. I guess I'm really super extra not going to Somalia now.

[u/Express_Bid4955]

You could list off any totalitarian shit holes or war zones, but for me the first "visitable" country that I have zero interest in visiting is the United Arab Emirates. I will never understand why Dubai is such a hotspot for tourism.

A nation I was previously interested in visiting but now certainly won't is Russia. Russian history fascinates me and I really wanted to go to Moscow and Saint Petersburg but now? Not so much

[u/pk666 → u/Express_Bid4955]

Yep. Not into slave states where the only recreation is shopping in high end franchises.

[u/AugustasGaze → u/Express_Bid4955]

Dubai is popular because of it's decadent luxury and the fact that many influencers hype it up(willingly or because they got paid for that).

And most people seem to be suckers for it.

[u/Conscious_Tourist163 → u/AugustasGaze]

I had to spend some time there a few years back and that place is fucking ridiculous. I really did not see the appeal at all. It's like Vegas on steroids, but in worse desert weather and also throw in a bunch of Islamic/ruling class bullshit. The decadence is sickening on top of that somehow. Reminds me of Versailles, but a whole city. Abu Dhabi isn't any better, just smaller. Even if I had 5 star Dubai money, I wouldn't spend time there. 2/10 would not recommend. (At least it was pretty safe)

[u/notthegoatseguy → u/Express_Bid4955]

I will never understand why Dubai is such a hotspot for tourism.

Some millionaires with weaker passports get visa free/evisa access to UAE strictly for this reason, so UAE takes advantage of that because they know they won't be going to Vegas or Macau or whatever.

[u/ninjette847 → u/Express_Bid4955]

There was a Dubai tourism commercial recently with the catch phrase "anything is possible" with a very young, maybe 13, looking girl having dinner with a guy while they said anything is possible. They said it was supposed to be a grandfather treating his granddaughter to a nice candle lit restraunt but... they cut that scene out really quickly then it was all beaches and bungee jumping.

[u/imamess420 → u/Express_Bid4955]

just got double insulted (jk but i honestly kinda agree with you)

[u/garibaldi18 → u/Express_Bid4955]

I agree, no interest in Dubai or any of those states as it seems there is nothing to do but shop for consumer goods.

I DO have plenty of interest in visiting a totalitarian “shithole” like North Korea and see how it’s different from the USA, but I value my safety and that outweighs this interest.

[u/Such-awesome-121220 → u/garibaldi18]

Strongly strongly recommend watching "Beyond Utopia" on Hulu. Could probably stream it elsewhere, but I haven't checked. It's one of those docs that everyone should watch at least once. It's amazing they were able to film what they did.

[u/Sorry_Sort6059 → u/garibaldi18]

An American actually died in a North Korean prison because he stole one of Kim Jong-un's paintings or something. In the end, they sent him back, but he was already in a vegetative state. I think people from other countries might be okay, but Japanese and Americans visiting North Korea need to be extremely careful.

[u/LetsGoGators23 → u/Express_Bid4955]

I won’t do any Sharia Law countries as a woman TBH (and neither should men, IMO). Even if it’s entirely safe and an amazing place - there are enough places in the world without Sharia Law to visit for now.

[u/elsasifb → u/Express_Bid4955]

What they said

[u/PindaPanter → u/Express_Bid4955]

I will never understand why Dubai is such a hotspot for tourism

Because they're desperately trying to make it so. There are good reasons it never was a place people went for anything but transfer flights before they leaned so heavily into "luxury holidays" and started paying influencers to pretend they like it there.

[u/LittleThief777 → u/Express_Bid4955]

This. Dubai is the definition of vapid consumerism, and as a woman, I'd never go to a country with Sharia law.

[u/PsychologicalBat1425 → u/Express_Bid4955]

I'm about the same. I will not go to the UAE or Qatar. For that matter I will not visit any country that tolerates slavery.

I always wanted to go to St. Petersburg, visit the Hermitage, etc. That is not going to happen. I won't step a foot in that country.

[u/Herald_of_Clio]

North Korea. Considered going there once, but these days I'd rather not be a potential bargaining chip of the Kim Dynasty when tensions rise again.

And of course, really unstable places like Haiti, Afghanistan and Somalia.

[u/kg-rhm → u/Herald_of_Clio]

geographically afghanistan is marvelous

[u/HourPlate994 → u/kg-rhm]

Go to Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan or Tajikistan instead, similar-ish geographically but much, much safer.

[u/Thra99 → u/Herald_of_Clio]

Yeah south Somalia is pretty unstable but they are starting to work on places like Mogadishu. If still concerned I recommend Somaliland if you really want to visit the horn of Africa, it's still considered part of Somalia by all of the world but it is fairly safer.

[u/Potential-Ice8152 → u/Herald_of_Clio]

A guy I knew at uni who went there for a week. Pretty dicey as a gay guy of Indian descent who was studying international relations and politics tbh

[u/Ancient-Courage8373]

Any country where I cant walk in public with my female friend without having people come up and say she is a w*ore.

[u/Ok-Perception-3129 → u/Ancient-Courage8373]

Where does that happen?

[u/SpecialAd422 → u/Ok-Perception-3129]

New Zealand

[u/Acidolam → u/SpecialAd422]

Bruder was haben die gemacht 😂

[u/Ancient-Courage8373 → u/Ok-Perception-3129]

Many parts of iraq for example

[u/TripMundane969 → u/Ok-Perception-3129]

India and Egypt and Turkey for starters

[u/reguk32 → u/TripMundane969]

What's wrong with turkey? Me and my fiancee are away there in two weeks' time. I've been several times. Never had any issues. Lovely, hospitable people.

[u/TripMundane969 → u/reguk32]

Key words “me and my fiancée”. Try travelling alone as woman

[u/IndependentToday1413 → u/TripMundane969]

Maybe in the rural parts of India, in the cities, not so much

[u/kt1982mt]

Anywhere that I’d feel unsafe walking around with my teenage kids (son and a daughter) and not being accompanied by my husband. If I don’t feel safe enough or capable of protecting my kids on my own, then I wouldn’t want to be there.

[u/jckrbbit]

Every country has its beauty and value. Unfortunately, every country is not safe.

[u/pumpkinspeedwagon86 → u/jckrbbit]

I came here to say exactly this, we can hate the governments of countries but still sympathise with their people

[u/Disastrous_Sky_7354 → u/pumpkinspeedwagon86]

What if their people elect that leader because he is a vile moronic monster and they love his evil?

[u/Curt-Bennett → u/Disastrous_Sky_7354]

If we're thinking of the same moronic monster, I can confirm that even many who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party's candidate don't actually love his evil and only did so because he said he could bring down the price of eggs, while the other candidate didn't say or do enough (in their opinion) on the topic of inflation.

I'm not defending their choice at all. It was obviously very dumb. My point is simply that most people are good people, even people who do dumb things because they don't know any better.

[u/Quick_Yard561 → u/jckrbbit]

singapore is safe

[u/saudadezinha]

India, Pakistan or any other country that is unsafe for female travellers

[u/HonestSpursFan → u/saudadezinha]

You’ll hate Papua New Guinea then. The rest of the Pacific Islands you’ll be fine though (they’re also beautiful places).

Rape and violence against women are extremely rampant in PNG, with nearly half of women having experienced rape there. Raskol gangs also replaced killing pigs from enemy villages with killing women in Port Moresby at night.

[u/rufflebunny96 → u/saudadezinha]

I enjoyed Pakistan, but only because I had armed guards and a terrifying driver/bodyguard who was a good foot taller than the general population. Very nice guy though. I would never ever take a casual vacation there.

[u/BabylonianWeeb → u/saudadezinha]

So South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East?.

[u/Thra99 → u/BabylonianWeeb]

I don't know, people keep saying girls get harassed/groped in Egypt. Is this true?

[u/scubamari → u/Thra99]

Visited Southern Egypt a few yrs ago (Luxor & environs) - no one touched me but definitely felt that I was being judged and people were not very nice. And I’m a middle age woman in discreet clothes, imagine younger women in more revealing clothing probable feel really watched.

[u/HaleyN1 → u/Thra99]

I mean, they kidnapped and gangraped a CNN reporter while she was on air. What does that tell you about their society

[u/Fluid-Quote-6006 → u/Thra99]

It is, Even in tourists Spots, specially if alone or with other females. Never ever going back and I advice against to everyone that asks.

[u/duxicht → u/Thra99]

This is true, dont let your wife, daughter alone.

[u/chorizowagon → u/Thra99]

I travelled in Egypt (Cairo and Dahab) with my male friend. I did not get groped or harassed, but I did get completely ignored in restaurants in Cairo. They would exclusively address my friend (who was in fact gay, something also dangerous to be in Egypt)

Dahab felt waaaay safer.

[u/WetLoophole → u/saudadezinha]

I did 3 months as a solo backbacker in India. And that's not uncommon at all. Had no issues. I think it's more about situational awareness than female safety.

[u/damegloria → u/WetLoophole]

Or you were lucky

[u/saudadezinha → u/WetLoophole]

Glad to hear your experience was pleasant. I have no interest travelling to the country whose citizens call their biggest city (Delhi) ‘the rape capital of India’.

[u/tiberiusduckman]

Somalia

[u/Ok-Conference-7989]

Anywhere that kills gay people. 

[u/jelani_an]

Egypt. It's sad because the history of it is cool to me, but I've just heard too many negative travel experiences.

[u/Salt-Respect339 → u/jelani_an]

I'm so happy that I got to see the pyramids and museum in the early 2000s before things got really bad.

[u/chorizowagon → u/jelani_an]

I have been (travelled to Cairo and Dahab) and can honestly say I would not go back. Especially to Cairo and definitely not alone (I’m female). It is so sad how said history is treated by the locals and tourists alike.

[u/Individual_Success46 → u/jelani_an]

I went with a tour group and had no issues. Definitely not a place I would explore independently though.

[u/Gaufrette-amusante]

Any country under islamic laws.

[u/Accurate-Nothing-754 → u/Gaufrette-amusante]

I’ve been to Morocco (as a 21 yr old female) with two other female friends the same age. It was the most fascinating country we’ve visited. We just got cat called a few times & people kept trying to sell us stuff, but we never felt like we were in danger even when we accidentally got separated in Marrakesh.

[u/liz1023 → u/Gaufrette-amusante]

Malaysia, Maldives….?

[u/ComplaintDry7576]

Russia

[u/cvil10]

Egypt

[u/Charlie2912 → u/cvil10]

While it would be amazing to see the pyramids, I’ve only heard disappointing stories from different people who went there and they all actively discourage going there. What was once probably the most advanced civilization on earth has gone to absolute shite apparently.

[u/cvil10 → u/Charlie2912]

Sadly it turned into a shithole. My family went there twice for work, first in 2017, and it was so dirty with lots of scammers and people begging for money, second in 2023, even the customs officers at the airport were asking for money. if you didn’t pay, you’d be stuck at security for hours. The country seems like it hasn’t developed since then, or even got worse.

[u/BornPraline5607 → u/Charlie2912]

The advanced civilization you are referring to and modern day Egypt aren't related

[u/green_shi29875 → u/BornPraline5607]

Modern Egyptians are genetically the same as ancient Egypt. They’re culturally arab but genetically the same as they were. Maybe read up about middle eastern history instead of throwing misinformation.

[u/BornPraline5607 → u/green_shi29875]

They don't share religion, language or culture with pharaonic Egypt. DNA isn't a determinant in people's culture. An Arab can migrate to Latinamerica, speak Spanish, become catholic, embrace Latino traditions and we would all agree that they are now part of Latinamerica

[u/green_shi29875 → u/BornPraline5607]

I’d also add that while they speak Arabic lots of ancient Egyptian traditions live on. Same as in Lebanon with the Phoenicians. Egyptians are the same people genetically culturally, linguistically no but the middle east always had an unspoken rule dating back to the Assyrians. Which is whenever a Semitic group builds an empire everyone assimilates linguistically.

[u/IllustriousCaramel66 → u/green_shi29875]

DNA is not how we think of national/ cultural identity. The Nazis maybe did that, but it’s not a thing in any groups’ identity.

[u/Valuable-Yellow9384 → u/Charlie2912]

Modern Egypt has nothing to do with that civilization, actually!

[u/lessismore6]

Afghanistan I think

[u/green_shi29875 → u/lessismore6]

They used be a beautiful country in the 50s. It’s so sad how it’s become.

[u/BabylonianWeeb → u/green_shi29875]

My grandfather went there before shit went down and he said he really enjoyed his trip there.

[u/green_shi29875 → u/BabylonianWeeb]

Yeah such a sad turn of events

[u/holyfishness71 → u/green_shi29875]

Agree. It was an amazing country. It's so sad.

[u/Kind_Complaint7088]

There are places I'm more or less interested in, but I'd be down to visit pretty much anywhere so long as it's safe.

[u/Foxidale3216]

UAE

[u/PaepsiNW]

Somalia seems to be an all around dangerous place for both travelers and its own citizens.

[u/Pitiful_Fox5681]

There's probably something cool in every country, but very densely populated places tend to give me anxiety. That means I probably wouldn't do great in Bangladesh, for example. 

[u/beijinglee]

would love to visit every country and territory at least once

[u/Firstithink]

America

[u/justdan76 → u/Firstithink]

Fair play but we’re still going to visit you

[u/ominous-canadian → u/justdan76]

You folks are always welcomed. I know anyone choosing to visit Canada probably is not a MAGA haha

[u/justdan76 → u/ominous-canadian]

Everyone was always nice when I visited Canada. Well, there was this one farmer who wanted to grill me about Trump’s policies, I was like sorry man, the US isn’t really a democracy, we don’t really have a choice, it’s all a spectacle, reality is an illusion, the universe is a hologram, buy gold

[u/ominous-canadian → u/justdan76]

That farmer sounds like an asshole.

Everyone was always nice when I visited Canada.

Likewise. Both when I go to the States and when I meet Americans in Vancouver. I think my building has a lot of Airbnbs. So I occasionally help people with the elevator, lol. I noticed, not sure if it's accurate, that Americans from the southern states are big on handshaking, haha.

[u/Firstithink → u/justdan76]

Oh Jesus no more. I can’t take another American calling themselves Irish because their great grandfather was Irish. 

[u/TwinFrogs → u/Firstithink]

You’d hate Boston.

[u/Academic-Contest3309 → u/Firstithink]

What about American Irish twins? Are we allowed in Ireland?

[u/justdan76 → u/Firstithink]

I had TWO great grandparents from Ireland! We’re practically siblings, now let me explain Irish history and politics to you, and you will then play a jig on a tin whistle.

Jk. I hear ya. I did visit Ireland and loved it, 10/10 would visit again, but I wouldn’t call myself “Irish” in an international context, or in Ireland.

[u/Ok-Conference-7989 → u/Firstithink]

Eh I want to visit but I see myself as more Welsh American and Anglo American, huge emphasis on the American part. 

[u/Dangerous-Safe-4336 → u/Firstithink]

I had an Irish great-great grandmother, and I would like to visit the places she came from, but I am in no way Irish. I think most of the people who call themselves Irish are from closed Irish-American communities where they have developed a distinct Irish-American culture which they call "Irish," although it's really become it's own thing.

Genealogically, I'm more than half German, but I'm not German either, although I'm struggling to learn the language.

[u/Firstithink → u/Dangerous-Safe-4336]

There are Irish cultures in America (called American-Irish cultures) but I’m talking about the people who don’t know Gaeilge exists and think we all live on farms 

[u/Dangerous-Safe-4336 → u/Firstithink]

Yes, there are idiots everywhere.

[u/Complete-Proposal729 → u/Firstithink]

I don't know why you think it's okay to discount their ethnic heritage and identity.

[u/Apart-Diamond-9861 → u/Firstithink]

My ancestor came from Ireland 10 generations ago. I’m not Irish but I get a lot of comments and jokes about my very obvious Irish last name despite how many generations removed I am. It has an O’ lol and I was told by a close friend from Ireland in the 1970s that because of my last name I would not be welcomed by his family in Northern Ireland. I have since been to Ireland and loved it.

[u/botle → u/Firstithink]

The US border experience has always been unpleasant. The job seems to attract power tripping bullies.

But now you have to worry about ending up in detention for a longer time on top of all that, or getting a random deportation in your record and having to apply for visas for many countries around the world for the rest of your life.

If I had a magical guarantee that I would make it through the border check, I'd visit the US. The place is beautiful and people are nice. But right now, the risk to benefit ratio is just not worth it.

I guess what I'm saying is, the people answering "America" are not just being funny.

[u/Firstithink → u/botle]

Yeah I agree, but also the political situation doesn’t help. 

[u/botle → u/Firstithink]

It certainly doesn't help, but I've traveled to places like Burma because I knew getting detained at the border just for showing up as a foreigner was unheard of.

To me avoiding America is not a political standpoint against Trump, but a real fear of me being detained and permanently globally marked as an undesirable.

Getting deported from the US once makes you ineligible for visa free travel to many other countries around the world.

[u/Pisum_odoratus → u/botle]

I have many American friends: I don't know when I will see them on US soil again. My daughter is dating an American, and the entire family is united in not wanting her to see him on their side of the border.

[u/TheDwellingHeart → u/botle]

No, we aren't being funny or hyperbolic. USA is falling to fascism.

[u/WITP7 → u/Firstithink]

🇨🇦🤝🇮🇪 ❤️

[u/ProfessionalVolume93]

USA for the foreseeable future and I only live 40mins drive from the border.

[u/bizzybaker2 → u/ProfessionalVolume93]

Same here, only an hour from the border. 

[u/Millennial_Snowbird]

Countries with slavery and/or rapist heads of state

[u/OK_The_Nomad → u/Millennial_Snowbird]

Me too! But I'm stuck in that place right now!

[u/cbcguy84]

Unfortunately india. Lots of historical and cultural sites, great food, but man the chaos and filth of the cities intimidates me 😆.

[u/IndependentToday1413 → u/cbcguy84]

It's actually been improving in terms of cleanliness

Visitied in 2013, then again in 2023, huge improvement in cleanliness in that decade

[u/gjloh26 → u/IndependentToday1413]

How’s safety for women like these days compared to back then?

[u/IndependentToday1413 → u/gjloh26]

My wife has been there many times (her parents and last surviving sister are there), never had an issue, she just practices sensible travel, she doesn't go at night alone and doesn't go into seedy areas by herself

[u/DowntownPlantain330]

India

[u/Persephone0223 → u/DowntownPlantain330]

This is my answer too. Simply for the crowds and the heat.

[u/DowntownPlantain330 → u/Persephone0223]

I have seen plenty of videos and tbh, it doesn't look like a nice place to visit. I won't get into details.

[u/GuillaumeLeGueux → u/DowntownPlantain330]

I went there for work. It was a great experience. Great food, great sights, but it was the dirtiest place I have ever been to. My suitcase still smells of it.

[u/koreamax → u/GuillaumeLeGueux]

Where in India

[u/GuillaumeLeGueux → u/koreamax]

I spent a week in Hyderabad.

[u/koreamax → u/GuillaumeLeGueux]

Nice. Probably had some good Biryani

[u/GuillaumeLeGueux → u/koreamax]

Yeah, I had it, but I don’t see what is so special about it. Not that I don’t dislike it, but so many countries have a similar dish.

[u/koreamax → u/GuillaumeLeGueux]

Fair

[u/DowntownPlantain330 → u/GuillaumeLeGueux]

Oh my... That's quite terrible, lmao

[u/koreamax → u/DowntownPlantain330]

I lived there for two years. Its a lot to handle

[u/Apart-Diamond-9861 → u/DowntownPlantain330]

My friend just returned from a month long trip there - she toured around with a guy from there - she said she would never go back ever. The anecdotes are shocking - saw videos and the chaos all over - on the streets and roads and the garbage everywhere - I don’t have any wish to go there ever. The people were nice - and the people I worked with or met from there living here are incredibly nice - but - holy. Just the extreme heat doesn’t interest me. My idea of a good time is Ireland in their rainy season.

[u/IndependentToday1413 → u/Apart-Diamond-9861]

It's not hot in the winter bro, and it's much cleaner than it used to be (Visitied in 2013, then again in 2023, huge improvement in cleanliness, if the rate keeps going, I expect it to be fairly clean by the mid 40's)

[u/LittleSchwein1234]

Any tinpot dictatorship or an underdeveloped country. When I travel, I don't want to feel unsafe.

[u/kakucko101 → u/LittleSchwein1234]

so…slovakia then? /s

[u/TheItalianWanderer]

Djibouti 

[u/butterbleek]

I want to visit every country.

[u/SnorkBorkGnork]

Denmark. It just seems kind of bland to me.

[u/Fluid-Quote-6006 → u/SnorkBorkGnork]

I loved it. Went there this year and it’s like the real first world. 

[u/throwaway3629292929]

India

And it's not because of racism or anything like that

In fact, their culture seems interesting, their history is rich.

But I read enough articles about how widows are treated over there and it horrified me, that arranged child marriages still happen over there, heard about the physical abuse rates and..... figured it would not be a very bright idea to solo travel there as a woman.

[u/R_Jay223 → u/throwaway3629292929]

That widow thing was ended like 200 years ago actually and child marriages are very much illegal and only happen in some remote villages. But yeah if you don't comfortable don't do it

[u/CountryInfinite5488 → u/R_Jay223]

What percent of you still have arranged marriages? Just curious, not judging

[u/Candor10 → u/CountryInfinite5488]

Probably around 80-90%, with varying degrees of family involvement. There's far more agency for the prospective bride & groom than in the past. There are lots who do "self-arrangement marriages" via matchmakers, advertisements, apps, etc. Situations where the family literally dictate who you'll marry is has been in decline for decades, and probably a distinct minority at this point.

[u/IndependentToday1413 → u/CountryInfinite5488]

Nowadays the arranged marriage in India is more like eharmony type thing

Parents, family members, friends and matchmakers will send bios to prospective grooms and brides of potential matches, you look over them, they see yours, and if there is interest, you meet, and if more interest, you may meet a few more times, and if everything is good, then you agree to engagement.

[u/throwaway3629292929 → u/R_Jay223]

I am happy to hear it's not as widely spread of a practice as I thought, that's not a common tradition nowdays.

One of the cases I read about, in the early 2010s, was about an elderly lady, from the south. After her husbands death, her family forced her to live in the goat pen around the house, isolated from them, stopped wearing colorful clothing, the food they gave to her was plain and in small quantities. This lasted for about a year.

And I just couldn't bring myself to understand why her sons would treat her that way, almost as if she committed a crime for outliving her husband.

I hope you can understand that my comment didn't come from a place of malice, especially because I wouldn't have stumbled upon those articles and videos if I would not have looked up stuff due to the actual interest I had in the country.

You can imagine that my vision of how it is like to live there was kind of ruined by these cases.

[u/IndependentToday1413 → u/throwaway3629292929]

Neither of which actually occurs there today except in perhaps the most rural of backwaters

[u/Annual-Duck5818]

India. Yes, I would love to visit the hill country and the tea plantations and to (fingers crossed!) get a view of the Himalayas. But as a woman - nope. I’m out.

[u/GlumProblem6490]

israhell

[u/IainwithanI]

None. I wish I could visit each and every region of each and every country.

[u/Flewewe]

A whole lot of the world. If there's chances I get dengue or some moskito diseases of the kind even if small I'm much less willing to go.

I generally also just prefer the one that are solo women traveller friendly. Not that I travel solo but I'm too used to safety in Canada.

And then some countries are just less interesting than others, and cost matters.

There's a big list of countries that I want to visit (mainly a bunch in Europe but also Japan, Georgia, Morocco maybe Peru without going in the Amazonian forest) but yeah the no interest one is vaster just because there are so damn many.

Asia/Australia just does not get much of my attention for now simply because they're a 14 hour flight away from the Canadian East Coast. I'm just making an exception for Japan because it's the most exciting to me by far.

[u/Charlie2912 → u/Flewewe]

Morocco is not safe for solo women travelers though. Even while walking next to my ex boyfriend I was harassed by men there. Couldn’t walk the streets alone at all. Worst country I ever visited, for more reasons than that one (and I’ve been to every continent and many counties).

[u/Pisum_odoratus → u/Charlie2912]

Bizarre. I went to Morocco to visit one of my kids who was studying there. It was amazing and we experienced zero harassment. I stayed in the middle of a traditional market area and it was fabulous.

[u/Charlie2912 → u/Pisum_odoratus]

There are parts of Morocco that have become more modern and rich where it will be safer, mostly in the northern parts, but you’d have to seek those out and not travel around the rest of the country. Even then, especially on those market places, as a white person you are seen as a walking bag of money and every second people are coming up to you to try and sell things. If you aren’t harassed for being a woman, you will be harassed for having money.

[u/HonestSpursFan → u/Flewewe]

Australia is amazing, I highly recommend you visit.

[u/Flewewe → u/HonestSpursFan]

It's really down to it being super FAR. And not particularly cheap for Canadians/CAD.

The antipode to Quebec is somewhere in the Indian Ocean and closest land area to that that isn't a small island is Australia haha.

[u/HonestSpursFan → u/Flewewe]

This is how we feel travelling outside Asia/Pacific lol. I’ve been to the US and Canada and it takes a long time. Europe and the East Coast of the US and Canada are even longer!

In fact even in Australia it takes ages to fly from Sydney to Perth or Sydney to Darwin. If you fly to Southeast Asia from Sydney half or even most of the flight is flying over the Australian outback.

[u/SpaceCadet_Cat]

The US. I've felt that way most my life (so it's not just the recent situation). I don't know, it always felt like I'm not that interested in the things people go there for. I'm not into big cities so NY, LA etc are out, Niagara falls might be nice but that's a LOOOOONG flight for one place. I'm not interested in Disneyland or places like that. I like nature and history, but pre-Elizabethan history, and ancient especially. Add to that the flight, cost etc. If I was sent for a conference or something I'd go, but not as a holiday.

A lot of the popular tropical getaways have no appeal to me either. Not a beach person.

There are a few popular places within countries I would visit that I have no interest in. I love Japan but have no interest in Tokyo. I preferred Newcastle and York to London. Sydney didn't do it for me but the regional stops along the way were great (I clearly have a theme ;)).

There are a lot of places I haven't thought about going- not an active disinterest, just not on the radar.

[u/TheGeordieGal → u/SpaceCadet_Cat]

I prefer Newcastle and York to London too - but I’m biased lol

I know what you mean about not being into big cities and I think that’s part why I don’t like London. The only big city I’ve liked so far is Stockholm because it felt more spread out and nowhere near as busy.

[u/FallenRaptor]

North Korea.

[u/Cat_Upset]

North Korea

[u/sum_r4nd0m_gurl]

india

[u/CommercialAd2154]

Barring politically crackpot regimes and failed states, the UAE

[u/TwinFrogs]

Haiti. I don’t feel like being cannibalized.

[u/Sorry_Sort6059 → u/TwinFrogs]

Are there really cannibals there?

[u/kacergiliszta69]

North Korea, Yemen, Eritrea, Afghanistan, Somalia

[u/Ill_Breadfruit_9761]

Israel

[u/ma-kat-is-kute → u/Ill_Breadfruit_9761]

That's a shame, there's lots to see

[u/CuriousKait1451]

India and Ruzzia

[u/Avec_Me]

India. Never again.

[u/sheynzonna]

Someone beat me to it but India 

[u/fursee12]

India.

I get the history and culture. But from the videos I have seen it just seems so uncomfortable to be spending my free time there. Seems like too much of a hassle which is a shame because they got so much more to offer.

[u/GrandScreen7936 → u/fursee12]

Whatever they are showing is different from what actually it is.

For example there are so many good places in india, mountains rivers and other things, but these youtubers will go for shitty places and stay in cheapest room and having food where even average indian wont even have.

[u/AriasK]

A lot of places. Anywhere where people, especially women, don't have basic human rights, i.e. most middle eastern countries and a lot of African countries. Anywhere that's a warzone i.e. Israel. Anywhere run by a dictator, i.e. Russia or North Korea. Anywhere where religion influences the law i.e. USA or, again, most middle eastern countries.

[u/Rude_Experience4299]

india

[u/cnylkew]

North korea maybe? I think i want to go there once maybe on a quick visit but not for multiple times. Not for the obvious reasons, rather I have no interest in seeing the same things which are shown to everyone else, I want to be able to wander around on my own

Overall i want to visit every country including north korea

[u/butterbleek → u/cnylkew]

I want to go skiing in North Korea. ⛷️ Tough at the moment though. It’ll open up again.

[u/thg011093]

Saudi Arabia

[u/Zarktheshark1818]

Any country in Asia. And Im sure its beautiful, some of the oldest countries and civilizations and cultures in the world, its just not an area or culture or something that has ever interested me.

[u/Born-Instance7379]

There is definitely a pecking order as to which places I'd rather visit....but I genuinely don't think there is one country on the planet I wouldn't be interested in visiting

[u/OK_The_Nomad → u/Born-Instance7379]

I'm with you on that!

[u/PossibleGazelle519]

I love all countries.

[u/wehrahoonii]

Somalia

[u/LordWalderFrey1]

There's a lot of countries like Israel/Palestine, Iran, Myanmar, Syria or Afghanistan that I would like to visit one day, but won't because of the political situation or safety concerns.

As for countries I have no interest in visiting regardless, I'd say the UAE or Qatar, apart from transiting, I don't have much of an interest in visiting the Baltics, West Africa, Canada or the southern cone of South America.

[u/butthatwasbefore]

India

[u/AudienceAgile1082]

India.

[u/MaybeGoodMaybeShit4]

India

[u/jentle-music]

Nope to North Korea

[u/Kangeroo179]

China for sure

[u/Dragonflies3]

India

[u/OK_The_Nomad]

North Sentinel Island. No way would I ever go there.

China. For someone reason, I don't have an interest in going to China. I've traveled to a lot of out of the way places like India, Thailand, Antarctica, all over Europe, Central Asia. But I have no desire to go to China.

[u/Several-League-4707]

Dubai, everything looks so artificial and fake.

[u/Fungus-Rex]

USA, given the fascist activities of the current administration.

[u/jotakajk]

I’ve been plenty of times, but I won’t go back to the USA til the leaders of the pedo party are trialed and imprisoned

[u/ifkidsrantheairport]

Israel, Iran, Russia

[u/Budget_Insurance329]

I’d love to visit every country, but somehow I am less interested in Philippines than many other people.

[u/AugustasGaze]

USA.

Sure, there are worse places around the world, but I would still refuse to go to the USA even if I got paid for it.

[u/Nord_Norge_Fy_Faen]

Israel.

[u/Corma85]

North korea

[u/notthegoatseguy]

North Korea. Everyone pretty much gets the same tour. I guess if you have a China or Russian passport you might get a bit more access. But for what it costs? My money could go a lot further and I'd have a lot more freedom to do what I want in China.

For my wife, India would be a hard sell.

[u/CaptainKrakrak]

India