The Essentials

Least Visited Countries: A New Report

Looking to get away from it all, even once you arrive at your destination?

 

The United Nations World Tourism Organization just released its report of the least visited countries around the world.

 

How about a trip to the African nation of Guinea-Bissau? Only 52,000 people went there last year.

 

It’s not easy to get to, but there are great beaches on the Bijagos Islands.

 

The Comoros Islands on the Southeast coast of Africa are great year-round, followed by the Solomon Islands in the Southwestern Pacific — an archipelago of more than 1,000 tropical islands.

 

One of my favorites — Micronesia in the North Pacific — has amazing diving.

 

And that’s followed by Kiribati — the former Gilbert Islands. As for the least visited in the world, that would be the Marshall Islands, and Tuvalu, three coral islands, north of Fiji, with less than 3,700 visitors a year.