Countries with the Most Tourists Quiz

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...

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

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.

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.

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entertains, both domestic and international, and so in my estimation is more intuitive, but the data is considerably out of date now.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.

Puerto Rico isn't a country

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.

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.

GoT and improving economy

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.

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

We got it after the first one.

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

really? bangladesh and pakistan not being there didn't surprise me at all. travel advisories discourage traveling to those places, especially americans. also, singapore is there.

i also expected south korea.

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Malaysia's >60% muslim

I doubt consistent data exists, but countries that receive the most tourists from another continent would be interesting. Europe would still probably dominate, but it might have a bit more variety.

Europe is quite small and major tourist destination don't always border their source countries (think UK, Germany and Scandinavia going to Spain, Italy or Turkey for example). That said, there is a lot of data, but notoriously hard to read from the World Tourism Org.