Least Visited Countries in The World - WhyShould You Visit These Lesser-Known Countries?

When it comes to traveling, everyone usually talks about are the mainstream locations. You know, countries that literally live from tourism. But very rarely do we hear anyone talking about the least visited countries in the world (the unpopular tourist countries). You probably don’t even know some of these remote countries that we'll mention on this list but hopefully, this article can show you that no matter how remote, isolated or seemingly-hostile a country might appear, every country in the world has its charm and natural beauty that make it worth visiting.

How did we evaluate what's the least visited country in the world and what's the methodology behind figuring out what are the least traveled to countries?

For this article, we used news reports and international arrivals from airports. Counting tourists can be tricky because different countries use different methods of defining and counting tourists.

Additionally, some people claim to be tourists to avoid the extra bureaucracy that comes with being an ex-pat or traveling for business and that makes things even more difficult. This list doesn't include countries that see a drop in tourism because of armed conflict.

The reason for this is simple; before the war conflicts in all these countries began, some countries like Syria, Lybia, Iraq, and Yemen would host millions of visitors every year.

On average, both, Syria and Iraq had 5-6 million visitors annually before the conflicts of 2011 and 2014, Lybia had around 1 million visitors per year before 2011 but today, they don't even issue visas anymore while Yemen would usually get around 800,000 tourists per year before the start of the civil war. That's still a lot more than any other country on this list.

Spoiler alert: it might come across as a surprise but communist North Korea is no longer on this list, with almost 300,000 international tourists a year. That's almost 6 times more than the first country on this list! Watch the video to see what are some of the most obscure countries you should visit.

Time Stamps:-
Sierra Leone: (58,000 visitors per year): 0:30
Tonga (54,000 visitors per year): 1:08
Guinea- Bissau (45,000 visitors per year): 1:49
Comoros (36,000 visitors per year):2:47
Sao Tome and Principe (33,000 visitors per year): 3:41
Solomon Islands (27,000 visitors per year):4:15
The Federated States of Micronesia (22,000 visitors per year):5:12
Kiribati or Kiribass(7,000 visitors per year):6:00
Niue (6,500 visitors per year):6:30
Marshall Islands (6,000 visitors per year):7:21
Tuvalu (2,700 visitors per year):8:06
Mauritania (2,500 visitors per year):8:43
Equatorial Guinea (around 2,000 visitors per year):9:27
Somalia: (1,500 visitors per year):10:19
Nauru: (360 visitors per year):11:00
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Would you ever think to visit the least popular tourist nations?

[LIT]

You're right....I hadn't heard of quite a few of those places!

[vikowilks]

Personally been to 7 of 15 listed countries: 14.Tonga ; 10.Solomon's ; 8.Kiribati ; 7.Niue ; 6.Marshall's ; 5.Tuvalu and 1.Nauru
Should have go to FSM and Sao Tome this spring, but covid f0cked up my plans.
As for 7.Niue you are completely wrong. It is not an atoll at all. It is a corral island and part of it is quite a high above sea level. And there is no lagoon in the middle like atolls have. So, despite it is made of corrals, it is not an atoll.

[WildBillS]

LOL been to #9 twice for diving where she Fails to mention the wreck diving on Truk Island.