Have you ever been to any of the five most visited countries in the world?
According to the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), these five countries are the ones
that receive the most tourists nowadays. And because the difference between the fifth and the sixth
place is quite substantial, it's likely that
these five countries will continue to be the most visited for many years.
5th place Italy
Italy receives approximately 62 million tourists annually,
and it's not very hard to imagine the reason behind it, right guys?
Just like Greece, Italy is one of the birthplaces of Western Culture, with a
very rich history and a cuisine that makes almost everyone's mouth water.
The three Italian cities that surprised me the most---and, therefore, the ones
I liked the most---were: Florence, San Gimignano and Venice.
4th place China
China receives around 63 million tourists every year.
Even though I've never been to China, I really appreciate its culture, it's an invaluable culture and
two of the things that I really like about China are Confucianism and some
of the principles of Chineses medicine, and three of the most visited cities in China are:
Beijing, Shanghai and Xi'an.
3rd place The United States
Number three is the country I've been calling
home for more than ten years. And the United States receives around 80 million
tourists yearly. And it's not by chance at all that the United States
occupies the third position among the most visited countries in the world, right?
There are many, many things to see here, I even made a video talking about the
five best cities to visit in the U.S.,
and I'll leave the link to that video down below for you to check out.
2nd place Spain
What can I say about the country that brought us Salvador Dalí, Penélope Cruz, Pedro Almodóvar and
La Rosalía! 💃🏻
Spain receives around 83 million tourists each year.
And those of you who follow me here on this channel know that I'm completely in love with
the country, I've already made several videos about Spain here on this channel.
But you might be asking: "ok, but why do you love Spain that much?"
Well, first because I think that the Spaniards
are very similar to Brazilians in many aspects.
Second, the language: it's wonderful!
Third, the food, which is quite varied. And the country simply never ends.
Some people think that Spain is just
about Madrid, Barcelona and Seville, but the truth is that the number of interesting
Spanish cities is almost countless.
1st place France
The first place among the countries that
receive the greatest number of tourists per year goes to France, which receives around 90 million visitors annually.
To give you an idea of the touristic
power of the country, France is about 18 times smaller
that the United States, in terms of area, but the European country receives about 10
million more tourists than the United States every year.
And of course, a significant part of these tourists visit the French capital.
Unfortunately, I don't have any videos about Paris on this channel, but I have many others in
other French cities, like Montpellier, Marseille, Nantes, Lyon, Aix-en-provence.
And rumor has it that you only truly know a country when you leave its capital,
so the videos about the cities less visited than Paris are worth a watch.
France has great mountain, beach,
ski and museum destinations, so there's something for everyone.
And then you must be asking: "How about Brazil?"
Well guys, Brazil receives around 6.5 million tourists annually and despite
our almost 7,500 kilometers of coastline,
the country unfortunately is not even placed among the 30 most visited. Argentina, by the way,
receives more tourists than Brazil yearly and it's
placed first among South American countries.
And I think that these facts
should cause us some reflection.
Now I want to know about you: have you ever been to any of those five most visited countries?
If so, tell me below which were your favorite destinations, your favorite attractions in those countries.
If not, which countries would you like to visit someday?
Thank you so much for your time and your attention and I'll see you in the
comments below.
xxxx! :)