At the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, this country - significantly larger than California and more than twice the size of the United Kingdom - is a trove of amazing culture, history, architecture, and even nature, but sadly, the brutal civil war - fed by Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States - that has raged here since 2014 has created a humanitarian disaster that has all but halted tourism.
8 of Yemen´s most compelling destinations
Dan Significantly bigger than California and more than twice the size of the United Kingdom and this wedge of a country of 24 million on the Arabian Sea and running along the southeast corner of the Arabian Peninsula is troubled, to say the least – one of the world´s poorest countries and embroiled in a bitter, brutal civil war that makes it off limits to tourism for the moment. But it´s still well worth showcasing some of the wealth of historical, cultural, and natural riches Yemen has to…
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New blog post on the effects of conflict on tourism, and the rights and wrongs of encouraging tourists to come to conflict-affected areas: http://www.tripatini.com/profiles/blogs/rubbernecking-or-learning