Most Visited Countries by JetPunkers

Clever idea!

LOL what about the Caribbean, South America and Central America? Pretty interesting place there, and also vacation spots, but no travellers?

Well, Americans generally tend to travel within the United States since it is such a huge country.

And also places that don’t require the pain of border control and giant lines.

If it's not on the list it doesn't mean nobody'a been there, just that fewer that 17.4% have. And those who travel most are maybe too busy to fill in the map...!

There are so many things wrong with this comment. First, these are the most popular countries for travel. It doesn't say they're the only countries these people go to. Second, these countries are pretty much all easy to travel to and around. They're all relatively safe, first-world countries, so they're likely to get the most travelers. Third, location is huge. Japan, Australia, and New Zealand are notably absent because they are far away from North America and Europe, both of which have lots of people with the means to travel and who speak proficient English (which makes them more likely to be JetPunk users). Fourth, in the case of Europe, it's easy to jump from one country to the next, so if you go to one, you're more likely to visit several (and if you live in Europe, you're very likely to have been to most of Europe). So, maybe hop off that high horse and work on your critical reasoning, is what I'm saying, I guess.

I doubt that most people who live in Europe have been to most countries in Europe.

hybrid, if you want us to travel longer distances so badly, you can pay for our tickets to Tanzania, Brazil, and New Zealand. I'll gladly go.

Come and visit New Zealand! You'll need at least 3 weeks here to justify spending the amount to get here.

Ikr

Thank you, it was fun!

Why'd you remove the map? It was cool to see all the green in 2 places.

Well, every country I've been to is on this list... as are a lot more that I've never been to. I'd really like to travel more.

Please do make a least-visited version! By the way, the theory around Lizardman's Constant doesn't apply here, because people cannot add stupid answers to the answer list by declining to answer countries they haven't been to, because they'll only be a part of the 99% who genuinely haven't been. The only possible incorrecting effect could be that some countries might disappear off the list if people pretend they have been to some obscure countries, but at least let's get the numbers out there so we can start to get a sense of whether that might be happening.

yeah I don't see why it wouldn't apply. Just because you can't see the results as you're filling in your own map doesn't mean that you won't try to amuse yourself by saying that you're from Zimbabwe. Maybe you could make a quiz about least number of visits to JetPunk based on IP, that would be more reliable.

How about a version with the most visited US states. I would find that pretty interesting.

Is there a reason Czech Republic is listed as Czechia here? I know I almost always type it in as Czechia, but usually it comes up as Czech Republic.

Cool quiz, but no surprises. I've visited all but 1 (Canada) and even lived in 3 of these.

Your travels conform more to JetPunk norms than my own. I've been to twice as many countries as you, but missed 5 on this list (Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Ireland, Mexico). I would say that I've lived in 3 of these places (the US, Greece, and Turkey). I've spent a lot more time in Eastern Europe, East Asia, and the Middle East than I have in Western Europe.

Not bad for a 10-year-old.

burn?

There was no mention of which countries he has been to that werent on this list. Just because he visted all but one on this list does not imply that those are all the countries he has been to.

Edit but maybe ( probably?) you checked out his profile

Sifhraven: She & her

yes I looked at skukka's profile. Otherwise I wouldn't have known the total number she visited.

A very articulate 10-year-old it seems!

I'm still not sure if skukka was referring to me or herself. If me, I'm not 10, I'm 40.

Yes, I was referring to him. I never had to compare sizes quite like that being female, but (here) I see clearly how it works with little boys.

Interesting but unsurprising quiz.

Does the fact that the UK almost ties the USA here mean that we can stop complaining about results being skewed by too many Americans taking the quiz?

Well, the UK is the USA's third top destination, and more tourists come to the UK from the USA than any other country except France. Obviously if you add all the European tourists to the UK together they vastly outweigh Americans though. And the fact that European countries are so well represented on the list surely means there must be healthy European representation here. Will that stop people complaining though? I doubt it. Takes a lot for people to give up their favourite hobby :)

Do a version with most visited countries per continent (maybe exclude continents that get hardly any visitors)

Based on the results of this quiz, that would exclude 5 of the 7 continents ;)

Vatican City ? That's weird

It's probably accurate- the average JetPunker who will fill out a map would be abnormally excited to record their visit to a European micronation

Too Europe-centric! Need more American answers! :-)

Here's my list of visited countries. I'm from Brazil and I have been to Argentina, Paraguay and Peru in South America, Portugal and France in Europe, Qatar in Asia, South Africa in Africa and Australia in Oceania. Targets now are Antarctica and North Pole.

This quiz is really interesting and fun. I've been to 13 of these and will visit #14 this summer. I will never make the full list though because of one country that I don't want to visit.

Very NorthernHemisphere-entric. I guess little ol' New Zealand lucks out here. We are miles away from anywhere! Worth a visit though (and Australia). I have been to 7 of these most visited countries. Time for another trip to Europe...

My favourite country I have visited (out of 22): Turkey.

Wasn't expecting the Vatican to be on there

Sweden but no norway? I wonder why, while you are up there you might aswell visit the neighbours.

While I agree, there is a very simple explanation. Copenhagen is a hop, skip and jump from Sweden. So you get a lot of cross travel between the two. Getting to Norway from any major city in Sweden is a lot more difficult.

Norway is also crazy expensive. Not that the rest of Scandinavia is cheap, but I blew through my travel budget in Norway really quickly and didn't do anything extravagant while I was there. I imagine people close enough to Norway to travel there might do the math and reason a cheaper trip to Germany, Netherlands, etc. might be a better option.

Or, and hear me out here: US citizens travel to all kinds of different countries, including in Europe, and the combination of Americans and Europeans traveling to European countries means those countries skew toward the top? You know, a+b > a? How many different people are going to fail to understand that "most visited countries" is not the same as "the only countries people visit"?

Honestly, I'm fairly surprised that the US is as low as it is - I would've expected more than 64% of users to have been to the US at some point in their lives.

Could there be a complete list?

Yeah it's called the Countries of the World Quiz.

I guessed Vatican and forgot Italy... HOW!?

I've only been in 4 countries so far, due to living in a not-so-rich family. I'm planning on reaching the 100 country mark eventually though! Does anyone have any suggestions regarding some less-visited countries?

My personal favorite less-often-visited countries include Israel, Ethiopia, Georgia, Vietnam, the Philippines, Lebanon, and Ukraine. I also loved Egypt, Thailand, Russia, Hong Kong and Japan, though, while none of those countries appear in the above rankings they all receive over 5 million tourists annually so I don't think I would call them "less-visited."

You do not have to be rich to travel! This is a common misconception. When I talk about my experiences traveling I'm always perplexed that people think that I'm bragging about being wealthy and living extravagantly. I'm not. I met people in my travels who were coming from modest families from Colombia, Trinidad, the Philippines, Sudan, Iraq, and many other places. I met people who were traveling for less than $250 a year or for free, and who had been doing this for years. Google things like shoestring travel, global nomads, Couchsurfing, food saving, workaway, rideshare, busking, hostelworld, etc. if you want to know how.

Most of these countries look like they are on the same Contiki tour that goes through Europe. Not that I've been on it, but have some friends that did.

Woah! You guys need to visit Eastern Hemisphere. I was shocked not to see Japan, China, India, Egypt, Saudi in the list.

I tried Ukraine and North Korea.

I think more people should visit Romania. It's an interesting country.

You're telling me that 23% of people on here have been to the Vatican? The Catholic Church much really be good at attracting all that tourist money.

I tried Asian countries China,India and for some reason even Uzbekistan