5 places you shouldn't travel to in 2018

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February 26, 2018 3:36 PM

Not that these places should be on the "do not enter" list forever but be very careful when travelling there and take no chances.

Pulse travel thinks you should avoid these places in 2018 because there are current issues that may dampen and endanger your travel experience or for other reasons.

Not that these places should be on the "do not enter" list forever. It's just that sometimes you have to say no to some places and hope they can recover or reform.

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Below are five of the destinations and why we are warning against them.

1. Dubrovnik, Croatia

With UNESCO threatening to take away its World Heritage status due to extreme overcrowding, Dubrovnik has decided to take measures in order to cut tourist numbers.

The city is limiting the number of people who can scale its 15th-century ramparts at 4,000 a day.

The mayor is also planning on cutting the number of cruise ships entering the ancient port. If you must go, travel independently and spend freely at local businesses that often miss out on money from those on cruises.

2. The Democratic Republic of the Congo

There is perhaps no other country with an economic system more dysfunctional than that of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). But what you should be more afraid of is her political strife and militias.

There are a number of ongoing conflicts currently happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), some of which have been going on since as early as the 1970s. These include the guerrilla campaign of the Lord’s Resistance Army Insurgency, the Batwa-Luba Clashes, the Kivu Conflict, and the Ituri Conflict.

Due to the presence of armed groups, the United States government currently warns against all travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

You are not safe there.

3. Afghanistan

The current war situation in Afghanistan continues to claim civilian lives through bombings, crossfires, assassinations, and improvised explosive devices.

Beginning in 2001, U.S. forces raided Afghanistan to first topple the Taliban and then gradually ensure the complete eradication of the Taliban from Afghan territory. The U.S. also implemented counter-insurgency troops in the country to protect the civilians from Taliban attacks, and to allow the Afghan government to establish it's position in the country in a steady manner. However, despite all of the measures undertaken, insurgency clashes and Taliban attacks continue to persist in the country.

4. Ukraine

Ukraine stands torn apart between the influences of the Russian government in the east and the European Union in the west. After Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March of 2014 and a cease-fire violation in Ukraine in September of the same year, Ukraine decided in June of 2015 to ban Russian flights from flying into the country, and also suspended gas purchases from Russia. In 2017, the war in Ukraine still rages on, in a conflict known as the War in Donbass. Communities such as Marinka and Avdiivka, in eastern Ukraine, are amongst the country’s most war-torn areas.

5. Mexico

Mexico may stand out as an interesting inclusion on this list. Although the country is not currently engaged in any formal war or civil war, the Mexican Drug War remains one of the deadliest conflicts of the current age. The war has officially been ongoing since 2006, and it is estimated that as many as 120,000 people have lost their lives as a result of it. An additional number of people, estimated to be around 27,000, have been characterized as missing as a result of the war.

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