How many countries have you visited?

[Florally]

My kids were playing around with AI and learned that the average person on earth has been to less than one country (other than their country of residence..)

And for the UK specifically, 9. (Point something…)

I’m just being pointlessly nosy, mostly because I thought it would be much lower. (For example, a lot of people I know go back to the same destination year on year..)

How about you?

France, Ireland, Spain, Croatia, Turkey

31

Actually it’s 33 countries. I forgot India and the Maldives.

How visited does it have to be to count as ‘visited’? I’ve been to 24 but two were only day or afternoon trips across a border (plus two microstates done in the same way, but then a day in Monaco feels like a proper visit when a day in Switzerland doesn’t quite). And then there was another where I only went to a hotel for a meeting, and one where I didn’t even get off the bus!

So my answer is somewhere between 18 and 24. I feel like it’s 22.

I’m 65 and I think I make it 65 - I haven’t counted Scotland, Wales or Jersey. By the time my dc left school we’d taken them to about 20 and in the decade or so since they’ve more than doubled that number. We all love travelling.

I think it counts if you go there for the day but not if you are only changing planes or staying on the bus.

68 - I do count a country if I've been there for a mini break, but haven't counted the 4 nations of the UK. Eastern Europe also a bit tricky for me as I was there mostly pre-1989 when I went interrailling.

I don't count btw - I just went a did it now when I saw this thread!

The only one I’ve counted where I didn’t spend more than 1 night is the Vatican. I don’t count airport transit - I expect that would add another 5 or 6. And I haven’t included Switzerland because I just went through on a bus! Only stopped at a service station- more than 40 years ago . Must go back and visit properly!

I was the same with Switzerland so I went back last year and can’t believe it it took me so long to go there’s properly, I absolutely loved it.

12 that I can remember.

I grew up in rural Wales and our next door neighbours had never been further than the nearest big town , 12 miles away. The husband used to go to the nearest small town, 4 miles away, once a week but I never knew his wife to leave the farm. In those days we had a butcher and a baker who delivered weekly and as a couple they lived very simply. It’s a way of life which I’m glad I glimpsed because it’s gone forever.

England + Scotland & Wales
Southern Island
France
Spain
Portugal
Greece
San Marino
Italy
Germany
Switzerland
Sweden
Malta
Iceland
Australia
New Zealand
Fiji
Indonesia
Thailand
Singapore
Malaysia
Hong Kong
Canada
USA
Antigua
Peru
Ecuador (Galapagos Islands)
Gambia
Morocco

So that’s about 28 I think 🤔

I’ve made 10 different countries so far.

Canada I’ve also done three provinces.
US I’ve done 10 different states.

Ok that kind of makes sense - depends on what it was when you went.

I prefer the Visited App as it counts the number of countries instead of just giving a percentage.

38 countries.

lived in 2 countries other than the UK in the past.

27 including HK and vatican

The one where I didn’t get off the bus was Paraguay. What a klutz. When am I ever going to go back there again?!

108. I'm 52. It's a thing. Not including multiple visits eg France a lot and India 7 times!!

Plus one. Realised I visited Croatia when it was part of Yugoslavia. I use the Been app so have now added that on.

My mother is from the Rhondda Valley. When she used to travel to Cardiff (around 45 minutes away) her Nan used to ask “Why are you going all the way there for?”

😊

There’s a great national museum in Vaduz (the capital), also treasure chamber which includes beautiful jewels and a faberge eggs, and the parliament is worth visiting too. There’s the Liechtenstein trail, where you can hike around the entire country. The chairlift near Malbun will take you up a mountain for incredible views. Schaan has a great culture/music festival in the summer.
If you only look at the castle (which you can’t go inside) and get the tourist passport stamp, you’d be doing yourself a disservice!

10 so far

I have just totally wasted my morning asking chat GPT for Eastern European itineraries to up my country count.