Why do Americans continue to go to countries on the Do-Not-Travel list?

[Zoomie1986]

24. Because those countries are there

It's really that simple.

Americans never stopped going to Cuba or Russia when the government banned travel to them; people merely found ways around the restriction. In the old days, a trip to Cuba was as easy as catching a ferry from any of the many foreign countries nearby that had no restrictions for travel. Cuba would issue an old-fashioned paper visa to keep inside your American passport, and then you could toss it when you returned to the 'allowed' country.

I know literally dozens of people who visited Cuba that way. Yes, it was risky, but if you weren't so stupid as to break any laws, Cuba actually did a great deal to make sure foreigners left unharmed. With all of your possessions was another matter, but you could be reasonably sure of leaving without a scratch on you.