Countries with the Most Tourists Quiz

Can you name the 24 countries that receive the most international visitors?

For 2018, according to the UN World Tourism Organization

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# Arrivals	Country
89.4 m	France
82.8 m	Spain
79.6 m	United States
62.9 m	China
62.1 m	Italy
45.8 m	Turkey
41.4 m	Mexico
38.9 m	Germany

# Arrivals	Country
38.3 m	Thailand
36.3 m	United Kingdom
31.1 m	Japan
30.8 m	Austria
30.1 m	Greece
25.8 m	Malaysia
24.6 m	Russia
22.8 m	Portugal

# Arrivals	Country
21.1 m	Canada
19.6 m	Poland
19.0 m	Netherlands
17.4 m	India
17.1 m	Hungary
16.6 m	Croatia
15.9 m	United Arab Emirates
15.5 m	Vietnam

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Jul 18, 2013

Updated with new data!

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Jul 14, 2015

Updated again with the latest data and reduced the # of answers to 24.

Level 83

Jan 8, 2019

Hadn't you previously changed the name of this quiz to "Countries with the Most International Visitors" or something like that? (which is much more accurate)

This is not really a list of countries that entertain the most tourists. The arbitrary distinction made between tourists that cross an imaginary border that we have socially constructed to be between two countries unrealistically inflates the number of tourists small European countries get relative to larger countries. It makes it so that a family taking the 1 hour train ride from Bratislava to Vienna, even though there is no customs or immigration point between the two, counts more than a family flying 14 hours from Boston to Honolulu. This is non-sensical, EU countries are equivalent to US States when it comes to travel between them, but at least with the previous version of the title you couldn't say the quiz was misleading.

In reality the country that entertains the most tourists in the world is China. USA is #2.

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Level 50

May 26, 2019

I don't really know what you mean. Yes, European countries do get over-represented because they are smaller, but I don't see any real solution to this. You can't count US states as countries, and you can't count the whole of Europe as one country. I do understand your point about how non-sensical it can be, but on the other hand, you could use reverse scenarios, such as why does entering the USA for an hour from Canada to collect mail, or pick up deliveries, count more than a trip from Paris to Marseille. I really don't see any solution.

Level 66

Sep 27, 2019

China's numbers might be inflated by Hong Kong, so then it would be the United States that has the most tourists.

Level 83

Oct 26, 2019

Cao: no the point is that it's an almost arbitrary distinction now drawn between different countries in the EU Schengen Area and different states in the USA. It's just as easy to travel between these areas so making one imaginary line count while another imaginary line doesn't count is going to inflate the numbers of areas with more of the 1st kind. If the quiz is about the countries that entertain the most tourists... then it should count all tourists regardless of whether they are international visitors or not. But after several times pointing this out they added a caveat about International tourists and not just tourists. But I thought also that previously they had changed the title.

Geo: no, if you count domestic and international tourists together then China is #1 and the USA is #2. Chinese people are traveling a lot more than they used to and some cities inside China receive staggering numbers of tourists from other places within the country.

Level 50

Apr 7, 2020

That does make sense, and a quiz that counts all tourists would be interesting, although I don't know how you would be able to accurately calculate that. Another question I suppose is how individual countries decide which people are tourists and which are not, which will also affect the figures.

Level 83

Sep 23, 2020

It usually has something to do with looking at hotel registers, etc. Since there's no tracking of people moving around inside the EU and for the most part no border checkpoints for them to cross, they'd be using the same methodology.

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Level 65

Jan 9, 2022

Americans be mad they are not 1st in this one as well.

Level 51

Feb 2, 2022

what was the point in this

Level 83

Apr 7, 2022

Leo: demonstrably untrue. If you counted all tourists regardless of place of origin, then no doubt China would be #1. If anyone is taking a position here out of bias or nationalistic pride, it would be Europeans.

Level 40

Dec 25, 2022

I don't think the national tourists should count. They are simply visiting their own country. That's like saying someone going from New York to Florida counts but not counting a person that takes the train to work everyday. I think you should only count people that are international tourists and go to a country for the sake of going on vacation in that country.

Level 69

Jan 15, 2023

Would a person going to a beach in their own city count as a tourist? I think so, but these numbers are extremely hard to track. It's easier to count international travellers, but it gets hard to separate them from tourists. Unless the data specifically says tourists, which it does seem to, the quiz should be changed to International Visitors or something similar.

Level 32

Nov 25, 2020

I wrote Malaysia within 1 seconds till the end

Level 28

Aug 9, 2013

Am I the only one surprised that India isn't on here?

Level 59

Aug 9, 2013

Probably. They don't have much room for their natives, let alone tourists. :p

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Level 71

Jul 20, 2015

India is a great place to visit, not just for the wonderful palaces, forts, monuments etc etc. great food, welcoming people, great weather, marvellous mountains, desert, jungle, savannah ........ you name it, India has it. And I'm not Indian.

Level 37

Jun 2, 2023

India is indeed a great place to visit, but overpopulation and pollution has ruined it. Tourists usually avoid travelling to polluted and overpopulated areas.

Level 71

May 4, 2018

I'd say you're a 'Glass half-empty' kind of girl.

Level 78

Oct 26, 2019

India, despite being less densely populated than the Netherlands, is still one of the most densely populated countries in the world.

Level 41

Jul 6, 2022

@Malbaby

Well said

Level 75

Aug 9, 2013

I was surprised too - big destination for students/backpackers.

Level 84

Dec 4, 2019

Is it?

Level 30

Aug 9, 2013

I'm shocked.

Level 52

Oct 9, 2014

Shocked. Such a large country with so much to see!! Probably they forget to get India's data lol

Level 40

Dec 25, 2022

Indian profit from tourists makes it into the top 10, but India actually gets only about 10 million tourists (before covid-19).

Level 71

Dec 8, 2014

I am too, it's such a wonderful country to visit!

Level 36

Jan 12, 2015

I was shocked! Tried it twice... And Fiji...Cambodia...Peru... I

d go to these places before I'd go to South Africa or Ukraine (esp this past year with the war). Egypt surprised me they were still there--Cambodia has ruins without uprisings... Same with Peru, Bolivia and others.

Level 43

Jan 22, 2015

The main tourist areas of Egypt outside of Cairo have barely been affected at all by the Arab Spring and resultant unrest. Sharm has more British people in it than a lot of English Cities!

Level 47

Mar 12, 2016

@GuyNor09 not anymore

Level 82

Oct 4, 2016

Ukrainian coast was a major (closest & Russian speaking) destination for Russian vacationers, I'm just surprised it was still so high in 2014

Level 32

Apr 16, 2015

Really...i'm surprised...

Level 48

Feb 13, 2016

I too am surprised.

Level 31

Jul 13, 2016

I think perhaps the majority travel short haul? To travel further is often more costly, and it obviously takes longer.

So Europeans travel mostly around Europe (especially easy with being mostly without borders) making the top destinations Euro centric. Russia goes to Ukraine, US to Mexico and vice versa, China to Singapore etc.

The countries that border India, I imagine, don't have citizens that go abroad for a summer jolly so much.

That's just my guess. I did type in India as a guess, but it kind of makes sense to not be there.

Level 64

Nov 27, 2022

Without borders? Just because Schengen borders don't have barbed wire fences and armed border guards, and thus don't conform to the US idea of what a border looks like, doesn't mean they're not borders anymore.

Level 83

Jan 8, 2019

They're on the list now but ranked pretty low. Having traveled to India as a tourist I'm not really surprised by this. Their visa system is unnecessarily convoluted and difficult. Add to that the fact that they don't really get along with their neighbors and are somewhat isolated from other major source countries of tourists. But if you included domestic tourism they would be higher on the list; for sure they would at least beat out Hungary and the Netherlands.

Level 50

Apr 7, 2020

It is on there now. The main reason they weren't before was probably due to difficulties obtaining visas.

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Level 26

Aug 9, 2013

Stunned that Australia isn't on the list. So many natural wonders and man made sights as well as the good weather. Gobsmacked.

Level 83

Aug 9, 2013

Would be interesting to see a top 30 list for countries with the most tourists that traveled more than 1,000 or 1,500 miles or so to get there.... I'd wager that countries like Australia, Japan, India, China and Brazil would make such a list. The US, Canada, Mexico, Thailand and other countries would move up in the rankings. The European countries would all move down or shuffle off the list entirely. Would be interesting to see.. but I've never seen anyone try to tabulate this data before.

Level 83

Aug 9, 2013

oh wow, China is already #4 on the above list. Didn't notice. I think on the last version of this quiz they didn't even make the top 30. So, anyway, I imagine that they would move up the list if it excluded people that had traveled less than 1,000 miles. Including domestic tourists I think they're already #1.

Level 74

May 27, 2014

I doubt European countries would shuffle off the list altogether. There are an awful lot of antipodeans and Americans in Europe at any one time.

Level 83

Nov 5, 2014

@Wombat, I said shuffle down *or* shuffle off. Countries like France would still be on the list, much much lower on it but still on it (take your Midol gandalf), but countries like the Czech Republic and Croatia would likely disappear.

Level 83

Nov 5, 2014

also gandalf, I love how you keep insisting that counting 1 tourist as 1 tourist is "tweaking" the data... when to get the result that you like actually requires ignoring billions of tourists. Whatever helps you sleep at night, mon frère.

Level 62

Sep 23, 2017

Too many snakes?

Level 88

Sep 24, 2017

Why did it have to be snakes?

Level 32

Oct 26, 2019

Me too, just to make sure i didn't have a typo i typed it twice

Level 50

Apr 7, 2020

I wasn't too surprised. It's a very long way from most of the rest of the world, and very expensive to visit.

Level 30

Dec 16, 2020

It doesn't exactly have a lot of neighbours countries visiting...

Level 40

Oct 9, 2013

nice

Level 12

Oct 31, 2013

100 percent easy

Level 21

Nov 27, 2013

I was going to put Thailand and Poland but I decided that they were not enormous countries and set about putting in Russia China India etc.

Level 36

Jan 12, 2015

I tried Thailand because I hear so much about it. Like India, it has the ancient sights and culture but it has resorts and now medical tourism. People go to scuba dive, lay in the sun and toast in winter. For such a small country, they have a lot of visitors. After all, people don't visit the jungle much, just the capital and ruins and coast.

Level 56

Sep 23, 2017

Thailand is not a small country. It has over 65 million people (more than the UK). It's also surrounded by and near to other countries who also contribute to it's tourism as well as the huge number of tourists visiting from the Western World and East Asian countries.

Level 70

Feb 19, 2014

Does Vatican City count its tourists? Or do you need to stay overnight to be a tourist?

Level 70

Feb 19, 2014

Ah, I now read Vatican City gets about 6.2 mil tourists a year. Not bad, but also not enough to make the list.

Level 22

Mar 12, 2014

Vatican city has a lot of tourists seriously because the populatinon is 839

Level 22

Mar 12, 2014

japan isn"t here

Level 67

May 7, 2014

Surprised that Australia and Japan don't have more tourists.

Level 15

Jun 27, 2014

why hungary? god sake, last one

Level 15

Dec 3, 2020

yeah right? im hungarian, i had no idea we were good for tourists.

Level 68

Oct 19, 2022

I assume because Budapest is a really beautiful city, and eastern European prices

Level 48

Jul 1, 2014

Portugal, despite its smal size, welcomes around 11 million tourists every year. Surprised it does not make the list.

Level 12

Jul 18, 2014

This quiz is terrible there is no Australia India Brazil or NZ only embarrassing part was that I missed Germany

Level 50

Apr 7, 2020

The quiz is terrible because those countries get fewer tourists than the ones on the list?

Level 46

Jul 21, 2014

Japan?

Level 78

Oct 26, 2019

Pomegranate?

Level 35

Jan 15, 2022

Lamborghini ?

Level 24

Oct 10, 2014

Why are Ukraine and Saudi Arabia on the list?

Why Brazil, India and Australia aren't on the list?

Level 83

Nov 5, 2014

All of these questions were addressed in the comments above.

Level 83

Jan 8, 2019

Though many of those comments have been wiped out now.

Saudi Arabia doesn't really receive tourists. The country does not issue tourist visas. They give out a large number of hajj and umrah visas, but that's not the same thing. Pilgrimage to Mecca is a religious duty not tourism. Saudi shouldn't really be on the list.

Brazil and Australia are very isolated and inconvenient to get to from other major source countries for tourists which are the USA, Canada, Russia, China, Japan, Arabian peninsula countries, and Western Europe. Australia is an island nation with no land borders. Brazil is surrounded by poor countries that don't produce many international tourists with a topography that makes travel between them very difficult. Though if you include domestic tourism then Brazil would probably make the list.

Level 64

Nov 27, 2022

I don't really know where the "Brazil is surrounded by poor countries" thing comes from. Of all the countries that surround Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay actually have higher per-capita GDPs, with Colombia, Suriname, Peru and Paraguay slightly poorer than Brazil but in roughly the same window, and only Guyana, Bolivia and Venezuela being significantly poorer than it.

Level 36

Jan 12, 2015

Saudi Arabia has Mecca. And they are very modern, bring in lots of people. But The Ukraine in the midst of civil war made no sense. UAE shocked me as well. Over Japan, Brazil, Jamaica, Bahamas....so many.

Level 64

Mar 16, 2015

The UAE has Dubai, which is a huge destination for shoppers and foreign laborers

Level 74

Jul 28, 2015

Apparently, there are a lot of off-duty Russian soldiers 'holidaying' in Ukraine at the moment...

Level 83

Sep 23, 2017

The war is irrelevant. Donetsk isn't a resort town. If anything it has made the country more attractive since the currency devaluation has made it extremely cheap.

Level 82

Sep 25, 2017

Donetsk tourist numbers don't affect the total much, but the loss of Crimea does (even if they tried to count the visitors there and add them to Ukrainian total - the numbers have dwindled from what I hear). And the average tourist avoids a country with a war going on, few bother to check the details. Slovenia had just a very brief war, but for many years it was avoided due to "war in Yugoslavia".

Level 83

Sep 27, 2017

Djilas: that's true. But cyn's comment was overreaching. It's accurate to say that the ongoing conflict in Ukraine might negatively impact tourist numbers, but not that because of this their appearance on the list makes no sense.

Level 83

Apr 7, 2022

Of course, now, things have changed. The entire country is or has recently been under siege including the major tourist centers of Kyiv and Odessa and Ukrainian airspace is closed to commercial flights. They won't be on any such list this year.

Level 54

Dec 28, 2014

Hmmmm, this quiz doesn't seem to be correct.

Level 32

Jan 4, 2015

I missed 5 countries. And I can't believe that Japan is fewer than South Korea

Level 36

Jan 12, 2015

No Israel? I tried it but can't see it...Israel with all the Christians and Jewish people visiting as well as Muslims--less than Ukraine in war or Croatia? UAE? ASre there that many rich rich people? Ir is it the young girls kidnapped into prostitution? People reporting the girls being kidnapped from Iraq and Syria are vague about where the brothels are that they keep the young women and girls in...Wonder if UAE is the answer... Men go to religious leaders in towns in Iraq and in refugee camps in and out of Syria and try to bribe them to identify young girls (8 and up) who have lost their male relatives in war. Sometimes, in Iraq, they offer marriage but place the girls in brothels instead. In Syrian refugee camps, they are breaking in at night and kidnapping young women. They are kept in strip clubs and brothels. If families find them, they may be kidnapped right back. Nuns are operating safe houses for girls who have gotten free...hiding and protecting them ...

Level 56

Jan 8, 2019

According to the first google result, Israel got 3.6 million tourists in 2017 which doesn't put it close to making the quiz.

Croatia, Ukraine, and the UAE are popular resort destinations that are close to large populations with disposable income (respectively western/central Europe, Russia, Gulf states). Additionally for UAE, Dubai has become a major transit hub between Europe and Asia -- it has the third busiest airport in the world by number of passengers. The statistics used in this quiz come from UN World Tourism, and while its possible these numbers are counting some of the foreign workers in the UAE that would be workers travelling openly, not clandestinely kidnapped people. Your suggestions also make little geographic sense... I suggest thinking about this critically instead of leaping to sensationalism.

Level 37

Nov 1, 2020

Dubai ( in the UAE) is by far a major tourist destination known for its pristine beaches, super mega shopping malls, sunshine, world-renowned chefs opening up one restaurant after another, dozen world-class golf courses, classy bars, and nightlife, and of course the superlatives i.e tallest, largest, biggest....I can go on. Eco-tourism is another big advantage as are conservation projects along with save-the-planet initiatives. And yes, home to world-renowned Emirates Airlines, Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, etc. People from over 190 nationalities live in peace and harmony with a crime rate of almost zero.

Level 70

Feb 15, 2015

Surprised that Brazil, Japan, and the Vatican aren't on here

Level 83

Jun 17, 2015

I'm surprised that apparently Singapore the city gets more than twice as many tourists as Singapore the country, according to the two quizzes on the subject on this site.

Level 83

Aug 8, 2016

Maybe they're counting 'domestic tourists' - every time you go a few stops on the MRT.

Level 83

Sep 23, 2017

Findlay, no that would be stupid. Nobody on the site has ever made a quiz like that. You'd have to be unable to read or willfully ignorant to think otherwise.

Level 71

Jul 20, 2015

France has so many visitors because it is a central hub in Europe, e.g. people travelling to other countries in Europe usually pass through France, UK tourists going to Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Germany, Denmark, etc etc often arrive first in France then travel on..... it's the same for many other countries.

Level 18

Aug 3, 2015

What about Brazil and India?

Level 69

Aug 6, 2015

Yeah, Brazil not being on the list surprised me as well.

Level 47

Aug 14, 2015

How is Ukraine on there (no offense to any ukrainians out there) but belgium, brazil, united arab emirates not.

Level 66

Aug 14, 2015

I had the same thought.

Level 55

Sep 3, 2015

huge amounts of russian tourists go there. well they did, now it's just the army :(

Level 66

Aug 14, 2015

Only missed Malaysia and Singapore >_

Level 31

Aug 14, 2015

Missed 5 including holland. I cannot believe that Portugal isn't on there

Level 44

Sep 1, 2015

Extremely inaccurate for some reason. Brasil easily fits in that top 5, whether it's all documented or not. Refuse to believe Australia gets less tourists than half of these countries. Either the source has an inefficient standard for tourism, or their data is flawed.

Level 83

Aug 8, 2016

As has been explained elsewhere, European countries dominate because they're all close together and it is the continent which on average has the most disposable income for travel. If you're in the UK, it's easy to visit France or Spain. From Italy it's a few hours to the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia. By contrast, Australia is a long, long way from any developed countries with large populations. Only NZ and its 4 million people are in easy travelling distance from us, and you still need to catch a three hour flight - unlike in Europe where you can jump in the car or on a train and be in another country in no time. Given all this it doesn't at all surprise me that Australia doesn't make the list. Brazil is a bit more of a surprise, but the countries closest to it have much less disposable income than European countries.

Level 83

Aug 30, 2018

and getting around South America is a lot more difficult even if you have money.

Level 63

Jan 21, 2016

Why is everyone so surprised about Australia? I mean it's remote and far away from the standpoint of most people. If I wanted to get to Australia for example it would take me almost a day to get there including stops cause no plane travels that far without running out of fuel. Expenses probably play a role too. I can see that some countries don't seem like the obvious choice but they are close to other big tourist spots or it's cheap to get there even though they might not be around the corner.

Level 48

Dec 20, 2017

Lol as an Australian, I myself was pretty surprised that Australia was not on here, but I see your point. People from Europe or the US don't want to sit 22 hours on a plane while changing planes once in a while. But with that said, there are a ton of (mostly Asian) tourists here. I am Chinese-Australian too, my parents came here as tourists but eventually moved here as they loved the country so much. But I still want to go to Europe and the USA. But seriously, it is actually pretty beautiful. You should come here at least once in your lifetime :)

Level 65

Feb 25, 2016

Surprised India didn't crack the list, just from sheer numbers, but I suspect the visa process may have something to do with that. Also surprised at Malaysia's high showing--do a lot of Chinese or Australians go there?

Level 50

Apr 7, 2020

Lots of Chinese I believe, not sure about Australians.

Level 20

Mar 23, 2016

I thought Egypt would be here because of all the monuments....or is it just me?

Level 82

Sep 25, 2017

I don't know about previous numbers, but the revolution and attacks on tourists (plane bombing, shootings, ...) have some effect for sure .

Level 39

Sep 8, 2019

I was in Egypt in 2017, and I swear to god we would see a handful of tourists in monuments or museums -yes, even in the pyramids area-, in the cities and hotels we were alone. I've never been a country with a better awesomeness per tourist ratio

Level 64

Jul 2, 2016

FYI Russians are a lot nicer if you can speak Russian. It's a sign of respect. Russia's really not a terrible place to go if you're not an entitled whiner.

Level 83

Aug 8, 2016

I think if you require someone to speak your language before you'll be nice to them, you're not very nice. I've traveled to about 40 countries, speaking at least 30 languages between them - am I really supposed to learn all 30 languages before I travel to those countries? That's obviously not a reasonable expectation. On a quick SE Asian jaunt an Australian might pass from Malay-speaking countries, to Thai, to Khmer, to Lao, to Vietnamese, to Tagalog. And yet in all those countries I've found people very pleasant, regardless of my inability to speak their languages. It's not out of lack of respect that I don't learn their languages - it's that I'm not nearly intelligent enough to become that level of polyglot.

Level 39

Jul 4, 2016

I suspect some deviation from real figures. Governments can provide inaccurate figures. Saudi Arabia is not a touristic place while India must be.

Level 36

Oct 9, 2016

How is Australia not on here?

Level 59

Jan 2, 2017

missed Ukraine, didn't think it gets so many tourists.

Level ∞

Jan 2, 2017

Russians visiting the Black Sea? It does seem strange to me as well.

Level 69

Jul 5, 2018

They're not recorded as "visiting", I'm sure. They're "repatriated residents" or something.

Level 57

Jan 18, 2017

United Arab Emirates with 14,8 mil. ?

Level 69

Mar 1, 2017

While I am very sad for the Ukraine (I doubt they'll be on this list after later data comes in), I'm so happy for Croatia's recovery. (Game of Thrones has certainly helped!) When I spent a summer there, they were just out of their own war of independence, but NATO was still fighting Serbia. Apparently it had always been a booming tourist destination in the past, but the coast was pretty ghost town-y in 1999. The only tourists who still went were Germans! Aside from one group who had family there (and spoke Croatian), I was the only American I came across. It's a beautiful country, full of warm, gregarious people.

Level 33

Mar 22, 2017

Im so proud of my country being on this list <3 (Its Croatia)

Level 33

Mar 28, 2017

I am pretty sure more tourists go to Switzerland than Ukraine or Croatia

Level 56

Jan 8, 2019

If you actually read the UN report linked at the top, you would see:

Switzerland: 10.4 million

Ukraine: 13.3 million

Croatia: 13.8 million

Croatia and Ukraine might be less famous internationally than Switzerland, but they are very popular beach resort destinations among Europeans and Russians. (France and Spain as well of course, but the first two are closer and much cheaper for many.)

Level 68

Apr 21, 2017

I'm not saying that they should be on here, but I am a bit surprised that the amount of American tourists flooding to Caribbean countries isn't enough to put any on this list. Also since so many people go to Rome, wouldn't that put the Vatican up there?

Level 82

Sep 25, 2017

Usually overnight stays count in such statistics.

Level 69

Jul 5, 2018

See my response to FrancisCatherine a bit further down for my educated guess on the lack of the Bahamas. TL;dr: The vast majority of the world lives MUCH closer to superior beaches. Mostly North Americans go to the Caribbean, and we have superior choices there as well.

Level 50

Apr 7, 2020

While North Americans do visit the Caribbean frequently, there is also Florida, Arizona, Nevada, California, etc, while from Northern Europe you really have to leave your country to get somewhere warm. That's my guess as to why.

Level 58

May 29, 2017

Can you do a quiz with the cities!?

Level 64

Sep 23, 2017

Can imagine this would be quite hard to do.

Level 83

Sep 25, 2017

It's been done.

Level 36

Jun 11, 2017

Got them all but one, some how I forgot Austria even though I have been there a bunch of times.....

Level 40

Sep 1, 2017

What!?!?!.......No Switzerland?!?!?!?!?!?

Level 41

Sep 23, 2017

How did I forget Japan?

Level 49

Oct 1, 2017

I'm surprised Ireland didn't make the list- we seem to be tripping over tourists all year!

Level 43

Jan 31, 2018

What I'm surprised with is lack of Egypt or Morocco. Seems to me like much more interesting countries to visit than for example Austria

Level 71

May 19, 2018

Not as safe though:

Level 56

Jan 8, 2019

Depends on what you're interested in and what's convenient. (Austria is closer and much easier travel for most Europeans and probably Americans.)

Morocco got 10.3 million tourists in 2016; Egypt got 5.3 million (this is way down due to security concerns and has likely recovered some in the last two years).

Level 66

Feb 6, 2018

Unfortunately there's no official data, but it's not hard to imagine Vatican City making the list with over 14 million people. That is around 38,000 tourists per day. Sounds like a lot, but if you take a walk around the country it feels like you're about to enter a football stadium. I think it beats the mark easily.

Level 41

Apr 5, 2018

Oh rly? 23/24 And canada was the only one missing...

Level 59

Apr 24, 2018

please tell me that i'm not the ony one who is shocked to see hungary and croatia on here but not portugal, indonesia, australia, belgium, switzerland, sweden, brazil, etc.

Level 72

May 19, 2018

No, I'm equally shocked.

Level 50

Aug 13, 2018

Croatia and Hungary are both really nice vacation destinations, I've been to both. I guess Europeans are the biggest travelers and these countries are more accessible and reachable than Australia, Indonesia, Brazil etc. for us...

Level 65

Jan 8, 2019

yea hungary and croatia were totally out of the blue for me. Didnt even get those when I started randomly throwing countries about. And also didnt get no indonesia (but malaysia IS there, and not at the end either) And yea sort of expected brazil and australia, yet as stated it doesnt have direct borders, but it is one you hear so many people talking about going to or wanting to go to. Allmost seems to be a set rule, going backpacking when you leave highschool, and if the destination isnt india it is australia. Belgium or sweden wernt ones I would have expected though

Level 34

May 19, 2018

I missed the UAE when I already typed it in........

Level 28

Aug 10, 2018

Hungary?! Croatia?! What are they doing on the list? Where are Australia and Indonesia?

Level 50

Aug 13, 2018

Hungary and Croatia are on the list because they are really interesting and nice holiday destinations. Australia is that very large island country that can be found to the West of New Zealand and Indonesia is made up out of a lot of islands and can be found South of China. You are welcome.

Level 83

Aug 30, 2018

They're on the list because they're in Europe where there are tons of tiny countries all next to each other and you don't even need to pass through customs to go from one to the next, and this quiz only counts tourists as tourists if they cross an international boundary.

Level 83

Jan 8, 2019

Brazil is 4th and Indonesia is 7th on the quiz I authored myself on the subject. This quiz includes ALL tourists that a country entertains, both domestic and international, and so in my estimation is more intuitive, but the data is considerably out of date now. I'd update it if I ever found a good source.

Level 54

Sep 23, 2018

missed uae and hungary

Level 58

Jan 8, 2019

Who tried North Korea for fun?

Level 35

Jan 8, 2019

Vatican City? Panama? Monaco? Cuba? Puerto Rico? Bahamas?

Level 56

Jan 8, 2019

From the quiz source:

Panama: 2 million

Monaco: 300 thousand

Cuba: 4 million

Puerto Rico: 3.7 million

Bahamas: 1.4 million

(Vatican city is not listed -- I think the source only counts overnight visitors, and tourists afaik cannot stay in the Vatican overnight.)

Level 61

Sep 15, 2023

Puerto Rico isn't a country

Level 56

Jan 8, 2019

Australia? New Zealand? Egypt? Definitely more than Hungary or Poland.

South Africa? Portugal? Belgium? Brazil?

Level 56

Jan 8, 2019

Check the quiz source if you actually want to know the numbers. This quiz is counting only international tourists, so European countries get a leg up by being so easy to travel between. This doesn't explain why Hungary (15m) and Poland (17m) > Belgium (7.5m) and Portugal (11m) -- I'm not sure but my guess is that the former two are more popular among Europeans despite being less well known to Americans.

Level 84

Sep 24, 2019

Cost may also play in to it. The western European nations are known for being very expensive to visit.

Level 47

Jan 20, 2019

23/24 on first try!

Level 48

Jan 24, 2019

No Australia? Very surprising

Level 61

Feb 1, 2019

This quiz has so many European countries. Probably because border crossing is easy and flights are cheap between them, especially from Germany and the UK

Level 63

Nov 19, 2019

Europe is squished together compared to other continents with big countries. Not only is border crossing easy within the EU, it's usually a rather short trip and the train system is interconnected.

Level 36

Apr 29, 2019

What do you mean loads of people aren't going on holiday to Somalia?!

Level 33

May 12, 2019

With all due respect, it amazes and puzzles me that countries like Croatia, Hungary and The Netherlands get more tourists than Brazil, Peru or Australia.

Level 67

Oct 26, 2019

Croatia, Hungary, and Netherlands are all part of mainland Europe, surrounded by countries in close proximity that have lots of people with enough money to travel, and can move easily between countries without needing a visa or plane ticket. Australia needs a plane ticket from anywhere (or I guess a boat, if you want to be whimsical). Brazil has half of the population of South America by itself, and the people of South America (very generally speaking) are less wealthy than the people of Europe. I can also tell you from having traveled through South America myself that it can be a pain. The Andes mountains make road travel a lot more cumbersome than it would otherwise be. There might be an international train system, but I don't recall it. The buses can be pretty good, but the rides are long. I've traveled across both Europe and South America (as a Yank), and it's definitely easier to get around Europe.

Level 59

Apr 20, 2021

For a load of people doing geography quizzes, there are an awful lot of people who can't consider the geographic situation why some of the countries are near the top. The likes of Croatia and Hungary are small countries with lots of other countries very nearby - it's easy to get to them from most of Europe, in a continent that (pre-Covid) is stuffed full of casual travellers, where flights and train travel (and even river travel) is cheap and very convenient. Europe is small and has an excellent transport infrastructure; Peru and Australia are expensive to get to and do not have the numbers of possible travellers in the vicinity in the same way that Europe has.

Level 49

Apr 13, 2022

Also they are relative cheap and beautiful countries:) Croatia has stunning a coastside with Mediterranean villages and Hungary has cities filled with historical buildings and hot springs that attracts many.

Level 62

Jul 6, 2019

I couldn't guess the last one, not Brazil, not Argentina, but.......... HUNGARY?! Never thought that!

Level 59

Dec 1, 2020

It's a small country with lots of other countries nearby - it's easy to get to from most of Europe, in a continent with lots of casual travellers, where flights and train travel (and ever river travel) is cheap and very convenient.

Level 62

Jul 6, 2019

And why Would you think Peru has more than the Netherlands, there's a LOT of tourists in Amsterdam

Level 51

Sep 1, 2019

i am surprised that croatia is in the list

Level 72

Sep 27, 2019

GoT and improving economy

Level 67

Oct 26, 2019

Word is also getting out about its beautiful coastline. Lots of travelers I know want to go there now. It hits all the average travelers' desires: beautiful scenery, modern economy and culture, interesting history, and it seems more exotic than places like France and Italy, which, at least among the millennials I know, seem less interesting because people think they are known quantities (even though people who travel often know how silly that kind of thinking is).

Level 63

Nov 19, 2019

A stay in Croatia is also cheaper than a stay in France or Italy while you get a lot of the mentioned shared qualities. I'm going there for the first time next year.

Level 38

Sep 2, 2019

Forgot UAE And Croatia

Level 71

Oct 26, 2019

So Saudi Arabia is off the list now. Since the hajj is still happening, I take it there was a methodology change for this quiz.

Level 67

Oct 26, 2019

Used a SNL skit to help me get Thailand.....mmh hmm

Level 28

Nov 11, 2019

😁

Level 60

Mar 27, 2020

Ukraine is 25th right now x) I'm so glad we haven't lost too much visitors. Because many people think there's war everywhere in Ukraine but it's absolutely false. It's actually safe in all oblasts, except for Donetsk and Luhansk. So don't be scared to visit Kyiv, Kharkiv, Odesa, Dnipro and Lviv. These cities are so beautiful <3 Especially Kyiv and Lviv. I wish I could visit these cities, but coronavirus limited all my dreams :(

Greetings from Central Ukraine!

Level 70

May 4, 2020

Hungary the best!

Level 53

Jun 5, 2020

i forgot about netherlands and vietnam

gosh darn it vietnam....

Level 50

Jun 22, 2020

I'm really surprised that Saudi Arabia didn't make the list there's something like 2.5 million Muslims making the hajj to Mecca every year. Similarly, how did Vatican City and Israel not make the list?

Level 48

Jul 30, 2020

Got them all finally! Would be interesting to get a quiz for year 2020 only :)

Level 47

Sep 13, 2020

Missed Croatia

Level 34

Nov 26, 2020

France fixes the results unlike other countries https://youtu.be/Agz_RfEmWvs

Level 63

Dec 29, 2020

wow im shocked no South American countries make the cut, that says a lot about our management

Level 57

Jan 18, 2021

never have I been more embarrassed that I forgot Italy...

Level 22

Apr 24, 2021

This quiz was not easy for me

Level 22

Apr 24, 2021

I knew France was in the Eiffel Tower

Level 22

Apr 24, 2021

France is populated in Paris

Level 66

May 18, 2021

This is not just city trips. France has the most campings worldwide if I'm right and in the summer months these are packed but also in spring and autumn these are well visited. It is also a top country for wintersport.

Level 28

Sep 11, 2021

croatia over sweden and ukraine? wow-

Level 49

Oct 20, 2021

What's so shocking about it? Croatia is really beautiful and safe, I went there in 2014.

Level 67

May 12, 2022

2 sec left. UAE and Croatia stumped me.

Level 31

May 18, 2022

I'm fairly surprised Egypt isn't on here.

Level 40

Dec 25, 2022

You would think that Egypt would be on here with all the monuments and historic sites they have.

Level 56

May 30, 2022

Honestly surprised Bahamas doesn't make the list. It's super close to the U.S. and specifically Florida, where a vast majority of the population is older retired folks with tons of money that love to vacation.

Level 56

May 30, 2022

Level 56

May 30, 2022

Level 41

Jul 6, 2022

We got it after the first one.

Level 41

Jul 6, 2022

Ahhh-so it's only tourists - 'cos if it wasn't UAE would be higher up, and Saudi Arabia would be there.

Level 28

Jan 18, 2023

lmfao no joke, i forgot hungary, austria and croatia and i guessed them all with 1 second remaining. what are the odds! :D

Level 56

Feb 20, 2023

I refuse to believe that Hungary receives more tourists than Australia.

????????????

Level 82

Mar 30, 2023

So much easier and cheaper to get to and has far more direct neighbours

Level 46

Jul 4, 2023

I've created a similar quiz!

Countries most dependent on tourism, Which countries receive the highest percentage of their GDP from tourism?

https://www.jetpunk.com/user-quizzes/1812094/countries-most-dependent-on-tourism

Level 44

Sep 17, 2023

I was surprised that Austria and Croatia have more visitors that Australia or Ireland

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