I dont mean places that are like ragingly anticommunist (which is most places I think), but they have like appalling social issues. Say like UAE or any of the Gulf states that use slave labor and indentured servitude on a mass scale. Like would you say visiting dubai or doha is morally questionable? A friend is offering to visit Muscat cuz there are cheap flights but I dont know if I should. Or are there ways I can ameliorate my staying there, like maybe giving money to some orgs or something. Idk what do you think
nope. all that matters is being a good guest. i would consider personally utilizing sus labor/sectors as rude as it’d be for anyone in that country though. even Dubai presumably has a normal bit not for billionaires, but anyone in the spaces built for billionaires (and aren’t interlopers/laborers) just is an asshole, regardless of the country. and travelers should try to stay at purpose-built accommodation, but that’s mostly on the cities keeping airbnb in check.