Many of the places you listed they can't go too...Papua New Guinea, Israel, Mali, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone are too dangerous and now recently Fiji also with the military coup.
Also I guess your Canadian because Americans aren't allowed to go into Cuba and vice versa, because of the whole communism/dictatorship they haven't been able to go to Cuba since the 1960's.
I thought you couldnt go to Cuba directly from USA, no US flights can go to Cuba, however i thought you can go from connecting, like you could fly to London, and then go to Cuba.
Papua New Guinea i believe was in a interview with Phil as a place he would like to visit. this interview was from right after AR7.
Tel Aviv and Jereuslam Isreal i think are pretty safe, i know of tons of people that go to Isreal, i know someonw who went on a Honeymoon there, and got married, the race spending what 2 days there wouldnt be too dangerious.
And to be honest now a days what country is really "safe" to travel too? USA has had what 4 plain hyjackings in one day, never heard of it anywhere else since, London bombings, and Spain bombings the race still goes to those places.
Fiji i still think is safe even with the coup. Survivor finished filming there [even with the coup going on] they didnt ship out. Real World also deff. went to Fiji a few years ago.
It doesnt really matter though. I kind of just want them to go to Ireland, and Croatia the most! They prolly wont though those places are better suited for good weather not almost winter weather.