Dangers to LGBT travelers in this map of the world.

An Indonesian man is one of two to be publicly caned for having sex in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, in May 2017. Both men were sentenced to 85 strokes of the cane each. Picture: AFP/Chaideer MahyuddinSource:AFP

IT LOOKS like any map of the world — but this picture warns of dangers travellers need to beware.

The map released by insurance company Travel Insurance Direct identifies countries and territories according to how tolerant — or outright hostile — they are to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people, including visiting Australians.