12 Dangerous Countries For Tourists

Not always exotic and beautiful places can be used as a vacation spot. Especially if your holiday destination is affected by the conflict. These 12 countries are not safe, especially for tourists.

Reporting from News.com, there are some countries that are labeled "Do Not Travel" or not to vacation there. The main reason of the label is a security issue.

If it is sorted alphabetically, so the first country Afghanistan appear in the list created by the site Smartraveller. Yet in the decade of the 1960s and the 1970s, Afghanistan was a major tourist destination hippies. Now, a lot of areas that should not be visited.

After Afghanistan, in Africa there are Chad and Central African Republic, Iraq and Libya and the region. Each rank-2, 3.4 and 5. The next sequence is Mali, Niger, Somalia, Southern Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The 12-nation is indeed in conflict. Be it new or protracted conflicts.

Although dangerous, many travelers who frequently visit these places. Mostly due to curiosity tempted, while other more because they do not want to follow a common holiday, or in other words, do not want to carry mainstream.

Lonely Planet founder, Tony Wheeler had come to the countries above. He also wrote his experiences in a book called 'Bad Lands'. Here's an excerpt from the book that reflects how the situation there:

"My journey took me to the Bad Lands to countries which are very beautiful. From endless desert to mountains covered with ice. From the rivers to the coast of tropical rains. But it's always berlatarkan the fact that something is wrong in these countries. nature is not wrong, but the people. "

Inevitably, no one can forbid you to visit and vacation to anywhere. But do not forget also the factor of safety of yourself. There is no place that can not be achieved. Just do not blind and do not look around.