Lacey Pfalz | (TNS) TravelPulse Travelers have many concerns, but safety is often a major priority, especially for women and LGBTQ+ travelers. A recent Forbes Advisor study identified the riskiest places in the world to visit based on seven key criteria — and the destinations that ranked the safest. The list analyzed 60 cities across the globe on a 100-point scale, 100 being the most severe risk for travelers.
The criteria include risk for crime, personal security, health security, infrastructure security and digital security. Curious to dive into the results? They just might surprise you. The riskiest city for travelers to visit is Caracas, Venezuela.
Scoring the only 100 out of 100, the Venezuelan city offers the highest health security risk due to the low quality of health care available, the highest crime risk, the second-highest infrastructure security risk and the second highest digital security risk. Venezuela as a whole is rated by the U.S.
State Department as a Level 4: Do Not Travel risk due to “crime, civil unrest, kidnapping, and the arbitrary enforcement of local laws.” The second-riskiest destination in the world is Karachi, Pakistan, which ranked 93.12 out of 100.
It has the highest personal security risk due to crime, terrorist threats, economic vulnerabilities and even natural disasters. It also has the fourth highest infrastructure security risk. The State Department ranks Pakistan as a whole as a Level 3: Reconsider Travel, due to terrorism.
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