Gunnar Garfors
The World’s 13 Best Countries
The Solomon Islands aren’t too shabby. I love reading about far-flung places, unknown cultures and countries different to my own. But I...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 1, 20191 min read
Counting Countries
The last country I visited. Can you guess which one? In my first book, How I Ran Out of Countries, I provided a list where travellers can...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 26, 201816 min read
World’s 20 Least Touristy Countries
From the least visited country in the world. Which one it is? Find out further down. Photo by Lexie Alford. I have been on the road the...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jun 26, 20181 min read
How Touristy is Your Country?
For the first time, a complete list of annual tourism numbers to every country in the world. Or you can read more about the top 20, i.e....
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Gunnar Garfors
Nov 13, 20172 min read
The World’s 11 Worst Passports
These gentlemen in Herat will face a lot of bureaucracy in order should they wish to travel extensively. You may or may not be surprised...
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Gunnar Garfors
Feb 6, 20163 min read
Dangerous Destinations: 92% of the Most Lethal Cities Are in the Americas
All but four of the world’s 50 most dangerous cities are in North and South America, judging by homicides per capita. What does this say...
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Gunnar Garfors
Sep 30, 20152 min read
So You Thought USA Has Many Million-Cities?
Dream on. Many countries have more cities with over one million inhabitants than the US of A. The second biggest country of North America...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 26, 20151 min read
The World’s Poorest Countries
Have you ever been to a truly poor country? I am not going to try to define what is a “truly” poor one, but there are 26 countries with...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 26, 20151 min read
The World’s Richest Countries
The world’s richest countries are much more geographically spread out than the poorest, yet there are no African or South American...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 7, 201516 min read
The World’s 25 Least-Visited Countries
I first wrote about the world’s 25 least visited countries in 2013, and the post has has been read millions of times. It has also been...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 3, 20132 min read
The World’s 11 Shortest Land Borders
While I was at it with border trivia, I started wondering which two countries share the shortest land borders. The 40 island nations of...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jul 3, 20131 min read
The Countries that Border the Most Countries
38 island nations border zero countries. Canada borders only one while the US borders twice as many. But which country borders the most...
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Gunnar Garfors
May 30, 201315 min read
The World’s 15 Hardest Countries to Visit
The world’s least visited countries are not necessarily the most difficult to get to. I am using three criteria to determine which...
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Gunnar Garfors
Jan 31, 20134 min read
The World’s Most Dangerous Countries
Where would you not want to go on holiday? To war zones? They actually aren’t too bad. Considering. Less people are killed in armed...
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