Top 10 Failed States: Forbidden Wonders
Posted by Ra Moon
This is our peculiar fail compilation from some of those countries that have a red warning at the top of the page in Wikivoyage or on the Foreign Office website. Every year there is a new list of states in conflict, places where virtually no one would think to go on holiday. Countries like Afghanistan are not exactly included among the world’s most visited tourist destinations.
The human disruption and chaos that exists in some corners of the planet doesn’t mean that there aren’t formidable wonders that some adventurers -or fools- will not hesitate to visit.
The list of sites not recommended to spend next summer vacation is long, but based on the ranking prepared annually by the magazine Foreign Policy we have selected our countdown of the top ten countries considered in 2011 as the worst destinations, as far as your personal safety is concerned.
The human disruption and chaos that exists in some corners of the planet doesn’t mean that there aren’t formidable wonders that some adventurers -or fools- will not hesitate to visit.
The list of sites not recommended to spend next summer vacation is long, but based on the ranking prepared annually by the magazine Foreign Policy we have selected our countdown of the top ten countries considered in 2011 as the worst destinations, as far as your personal safety is concerned.
[Update: This article was written just before the Syrian war]
10- Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) has more than a decade of experience as a banana republic: great natural resources in the hands of incompetent politicians, fueling tribal wars that have led the country to look into the abyss of civil war, as its famous reggae singer Alpha Blondy feared in the nineties. In this photo, the skyscrapers of the vibrant economic capital, Abidjan.
Image by United Nations Photo

Image by John Spier

Image by Gregory Gieske

Image by Chris Goldberg

Image by Hdptcar

Image by Nicolas Rost

Image by Hadi Zaher

Image by David Adamec

Image by Dominik Kreutz

Image by Erik Törner

Image by Nick Hobgood

Image by Marie Sophie-Kazamarie

Image by Terese Hart

Image by FairPhone

Image by Jordan Sitkin

Image by Håkon Kvåle

Image by Franck Zecchin

Image by Benoit Gaborit

Image by Abdullah Geelah

Sandstorms like the one pictured are very common in the Horn of Africa.
Image by Oxfam East Africa
Hi! Thank you very much for this post! How wonderful it would be see see these places with my own eyes. The descriptions were brief and to the point. Beautiful pictures!
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comment, this is the best reward we could have!
ReplyDeleteWhat about USA ?
ReplyDeleteHa ha, and so many others...
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