Do Human Rights Play A Role In My Travel Decisions?

If a country has a reputation for human rights abuses, would I travel there?

If a country has laws that suppress a certain segment of the population, will I go?If a country is considered to be anti-gay, anti-minority, anti-anything-I-don’t-agree-with, will I still place it on my list of countries I wish to visit?These are questions that I wrestled with often during the first few years of my travels, but eventually, my experiences around the world helped me to reach an actua…