Has anyone traveled to every country?

In 2019, he became a record-breaking traveler... At the end of November 2019, a month before the first cases of coronavirus emerged, a 26-year-old Brazilian man named Anderson Dias broke the world record for visiting every country on Earth in the fastest documented time.



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It nearly broke him. Torbjorn Pedersen packed a suitcase with a few necessities in 2013 — shirts, jackets, shoes, a first-aid kit and a laptop — excited to begin a historic journey. Pedersen hoped to become perhaps the first person to visit all 195 countries without flying.

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Some of the hardest countries to visit are:
  • North Korea.
  • Russia.
  • China.
  • Saudi Arabia.
  • Iran.
  • Pakistan.
  • Nigeria.
  • Turkmenistan.


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Perhaps unsurprisingly, the smallest Pacific nation is the world's least visited country. Nauru is just 21 square kilometres, taking just 30 minutes to drive around the entire kidney-bean shaped island, or it can be walked in less than a day.

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Backpackers should expect to spend between $40 – $70 USD/day in Eastern Europe, $70 – $100/day in Western Europe, and $150 – $200/day in the Nordic countries.

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And the world's most unfriendly country, according to the data? Bolivia took the dubious honor, scoring a 4.1 out of seven on a scale of “very unwelcome” (0) to “very welcome” (7). Venezuela and the Russian Federation were next.

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Profiles of the worst countries in the world for tourists to visit
  • Afghanistan. Since the Taliban retook control of Afghanistan upon the withdrawal of US forces in August 2021, the country has become even more dangerous—particularly for US citizens.
  • Belarus. ...
  • Burkina Faso. ...
  • Central African Republic. ...
  • Haiti. ...
  • Iran. ...
  • Iraq. ...
  • Libya.


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