To ask which country you would not visit again and why?

[travelcat]

I love hearing about travel experiences and am interested in knowing about places you have visited that you wouldn't go back to.

AIBU to ask which country you'd avoid in the future and what specifically made your experience less enjoyable? Was it due to culture, safety, or something else?

Malta. I had pretty bad morning sickness and a constant sense of nausea and found the food to be quite peculiar but maybe it was just me! It was kind of like Italian food but not as nice.

Dubai, boring. Marrakesh - just prefer other parts of Morocco. Don’t like the city.

Tunisia, especially Sousse

Thailand, Israel and Domincan Republic, I've been to all three and I hate them all for different reasons. I never got the hype about Australia either, it's ok but nothing special..

I recall having a horrible experience with US immigration staff at JFK airport. My child was young at the time and was absolutely terrified

My friend has just returend from a month in Vietnam - her second visit as she loves the country so much, and plans to go again. Her experiences, and the photos I saw, very much contradict your experience. Everyone I know who has been there raves about it.

Mexico - not ever.
I flew to San Diego to visit my cousin one Easter and she and her friends decided we should go down into Mexico to Ensenada and have dinner. Sounded like fun.
We had drinks at the Rosirito Beach Hotel - a hangout for college kids (which we weren’t) and afterwards, we headed to the car.
When I got outside — I blinked once, twice — no car. My cousin and her friends had left me. They actually ditched me.
There were two Mexican police officers standing there and I described the group & the car and asked if they’d seen them. They said yes & to “go with them.”
Insteaf of taking me anywhere near civilization, they took me deeper & deeper into Mexico and finally let me out at some random cafe/bar.
On the way, they tossed a huge bag of weed at me & some papers & demanded that I roll a joint.
I couldn’t, because I don’t know how to roll a joint.
I had to hitchhike 85+ miles back to San Diego with complete strangers.
It was terrifying.
The police in Mexico don’t give a rat’s ass about serving the public.
The gangs and cartels are out of control.
I’ll never set foot in Mexico again.
And my cousin? She thought it was funny.
I still fail to see the humour.

The poverty there is astonishing.

I was reminded recently just how bad it is there when 1984 gold medal-winning gymnast Mary Lou Retton had to beg via GoFundMe to pay her medical needs.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Brock_(philanthropist)

Stanley Edmunde Brock (April 21, 1936 – August 29, 2018) was a British philanthropist, presenter, actor and author who founded the charity Remote Area Medical in 1985. Critical of healthcare in the US, The Independent states his work rescued millions of uninsured Americans.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Area_Medical

"Founded by British philanthropist Stan Brock, it was originally conceived to treat people in the developing world, but turned its attention to those in need of health care in the United States".

The Fetanyl issue is also shocking.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid_epidemic_in_the_United_States

80,000 deaths PER YEAR in the last two years (just look at that rapid increase)

Turkey - shithole.
Israel - loved it and will go back again.

I had hoped Marseille had changed. Visited over 40 years ago. It's beautiful down in the harbour but walk a few hundred yards and it was a slum. Fortunately we were only there for 1 night but we did leave at 6.00 in the morning we hated it so much

Damn (I keep double posting).

I hit post but nothing happens, so hit it again and then two posts appear.

Egypt - didn't hate it all (enjoyed Mt Sinai/St Catherine's monastery and a beach camp in Nuweiba) but, overall, probably wouldn't go back .

Turkey and Morrocco- overall great experience. Would recommend them and would go back but would avoid some places (e.g. Casablanca).

Edit- typo.

Bahrain .

You could feel the oppression. Never been anywhere as awful .

Egypt. They are cruel to horses and I hating the begging.

Barcelona & Marrakesh.

I always used to say this while watching any of Michael Palin's travel series. I used to shout at the television "try doing that as a woman!" All of the warm and friendly welcoming men (women firmly in the background) in developing countries. It's a different planet for women.

America. I've been to several different places there. It's just not worth it.

Hungary - Budapest another one, all I remember really is going to one of those baths/saunas which seemed really unhygienic. Beautiful building though. Also food not great.

Dubai was awful, hated it. The embodiment of more money than sense. Wouldn’t go back.

I had a good time in Marrakech but wouldn’t be bothered about going back, would like to see more of Morocco though.

Oh and Jamaica. Never again , had a very lucky escape from being robbed and stabbed on a trip to the falls and waiting at the airport for the flight home we bumped into a couple weeks ago met on the way out . The guy had been stabbed and spent the entire two weeks in hospital.

I would unfortunately not visit a developing country due to all of the above experiences. In terms of places I have visited:

Las Vegas - grim unnatural tacky
LA - not glamorous at all
Osaka - not my vibe at all, feels run down in comparison with the rest of Japan (I love Tokyo)
London - dirty, so many people aggressively begging
Leeds - mini London see above

@RedHelenB I understand why you said 'wow' but have to be honest I would feel the same- and it's one reason I wouldn't go to India -

In contrast to the stereotype, I found New Yorkers friendly and very polite. I probably won't go to the US again but that's down to disliking long haul flights.

Dubai, for same reasons as many pp
USA, overhyped, why would I bother ( have been to a number of different states over the years)
wales - got spat at in the street for not speaking welsh, literally my only sin.

Really? Prague is generally rated as one of the safest cities in the world with statistics to back it up!