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Travel expert reveals countries he'll never visit again - and 2 are popular holiday spots

Travel expert reveals countries he'll never visit again - and 2 are popular holiday spots

Tony Wheeler, who founded Lonely Planet with his wife in 1973, has revealed the places that he'll never visit again in a blog post on his website.

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