The 25 best countries for tourists in 2019, ranked

Score: 4.5

• Travel tips for Greece:

• Forget Mykonos and Santorini. I found a little-known island in Greece that's twice as beautiful and half the price.
• A secluded cove on the beach in Crete is the perfect spot to surf the waves
• A local in Greece gave me a tip to visiting the country, and it's the opposite of everything you've been told

Score: 4.5

Travel tips for Belgium:

• A restaurant in Belgium is at the bottom of a pool
• Belgium has opened the world's first beer pipeline that pumps 1,000 gallons per hour every day

Score: 4.6

Travel tips for Luxembourg:

• Here's what it's like to visit Luxembourg — which is the richest country on the planet and smaller than Rhode Island
• Luxembourg just became the first country to offer free public transportation, but the policy might not work as planned

Score: 4.6

Travel tips for Sweden:

• You can now sleep in a floating hotel in Sweden that offers incredible views of the Northern Lights
• This glass cabin in Sweden takes you closer to nature
• We tried all the unique menu items at Swedish McDonald's — including the McVegan
• Stockholm's subway stations make you feel like you're in actual caves

Score: 4.6

Travel tips for Denmark:

• 10 places to visit in Denmark that aren't Copenhagen
• Here's what life is like in Tórshavn, Faroe Islands, one of the world's smallest capital cities
• Denmark's 150-foot spiral observation deck is an architectural masterpiece, but the photos show it's not for the faint of heart

Score: 4.6

Travel tips for Norway:

• I took my family of 6 on a trip to Norway, one of the most expensive countries in the world, for under $7,000
• This picturesque Norwegian town has so many more books than residents that roadside libraries and bookshelves line the streets
• Stunning photos show what life is like in the northernmost town in the world, where it's dark 4 months of the year and you're told to carry a rifle because of polar bears
• An island of tiny homes in Norway is available to rent for $3,500 a week. People call it a 'slice of heaven.'

Score: 4.7

Travel tips for Mexico:

• There are 1.5 million Americans living in Mexico — here are 8 things Americans wished they'd known before they moved
• 10 ways Cinco de Mayo is celebrated differently in the US and Mexico

Score: 4.7

• Travel tips for New Zealand:

• You can now rent a replica of the Apollo 11 spaceship that landed on the moon for $61 a night on Airbnb
• The 3 best places to travel every month of 2019

Score: 4.8

Travel tips for Singapore:

• I visited Singapore, the outlandishly wealthy setting of 'Crazy Rich Asians,' and was surprised by how much fun you can have even without billions
• 50 mouthwatering photos of street food in Singapore
• The world's best airport just unveiled a $1.25 billion glass dome mall with a rainforest, waterfalls, and bejeweled clouds
• What it's like living as a billionaire in Singapore, the most expensive city in the world, where wealthy residents are worth a combined $1 trillion and limited land makes owning a house the ultimate 'status symbol'

Score: 4.8

Travel tips for South Korea:

• What it's really like inside a South Korean 'prison' hotel, where guests pay to spend up to 48-hours locked in a jail cell without their phones
• 10 things to do in South Korea, from a raccoon café to a fresh seafood market
• The world's busiest air route is between Seoul and the 'South Korean Hawaii'

Score: 4.8

Travel tips for the Netherlands:

• Dutch farmers are installing fences around tulip fields to stop Instagrammers from trampling the flowers for selfies
• 24 of the most underrated things to do in Amsterdam
• Amsterdam is giving tourists the chance to 'marry' a local for the day and explore the city on 'honeymoon'

Score: 4.8

Travel tips for Hong Kong:

• I stayed at Hong Kong's first 'capsule hotel' to see what it's like to live in micro — and the experience was a nightmare
• Inside the most expensive neighborhood in the world's most expensive city — a billionaire enclave where Alibaba founder Jack Ma may have bought a $191 million mansion
• What it's like living in Hong Kong as a billionaire, where the ultra-rich live in high-security mansions and spend $16 billion a year betting on horse racing

Score: 4.9

Travel tips for China:

• After riding China's superfast bullet train that could go from New York to Chicago in 4.5 hours, it's clear how far behind the US really is
• One photo shows that China is already in a cashless future
• I visited the tallest and longest glass bridge in the world — which spans China's 'Grand Canyon'

Score: 4.9

Travel tips for Portugal:

• 12 tips to make the most of your trip to Portugal
• I visited the Portuguese castle called 'Disneyland for adults,' and it's a magical, real-life fairy-tale setting you can't miss
• 2 photos show how different it is visiting Portugal in the high season vs. the low season

Score: 5.0

Travel tips for Austria:

• The 10 most livable cities in the world — and why Vienna made it to the number one spot this year
• The 6 best things to do in Vienna and Austria
• A Michelin-starred restaurant in Austria cooks one of their fish dishes with melted beeswax

Score: 5.0

Travel tips for Switzerland:

• I bathed in cheese in the Swiss mountains — here's what the experience was like
• Soak in a transforming hot tub that overlooks the Swiss Alps
• 22 photos that show what it's like to eat at the lavish Swiss restaurant voted the world's best by private jet fliers

Score: 5.1

Travel tips for Canada:

• 15 photos that will make you wish you lived in Canada
• The ultimate guide to seeing Montreal in a day
• Travel company exposes you to the vast Canadian wilderness during helicopter tours

Score: 5.1

Travel tips for Italy:

• We visited the Vespa headquarters in Italy to see how the world-famous scooters are made
• Venice is cutting back on cruise ships. Disappointing photos show what the Italian port city looks like in real life, from extreme overcrowding and devastating floods to cruise ship accidents
• Inside the exclusive Italian resort that plays host to Google Camp, the secretive and star-studded annual conference that draws billionaires, CEOs, and celebrities
• Positano — the colorful, Instagram-famous town on Italy's Amalfi Coast — is almost comically beautiful, but be prepared to deal with hordes of tourists and sky-high prices

Score: 4.8

Travel tips for Australia:

• An Australian city is spending $279,000 on a public toilet for Instagrammers flocking to a blue boat shed
• Australia is the most popular destination in the world for migrating millionaires
• 12 places to visit in Australia that aren't Sydney
  

Score: 5.2

Travel tips for the United Kingdom:

• 16 places you should visit in the United Kingdom that aren't London
• Here's what 6 abandoned UK castles looked like in their prime
• 10 differences and similarities between American and British daily routines

Score: 5.3

Travel tips for the United States:

• 10 surprising US tourist destinations worth a visit this year
• 27 underrated US destinations everyone should visit in their lifetime
• The best road trips from 10 major US cities
• Glamping has come to NYC. I took an 8-minute ferry ride to an island in New York Harbor where people pay up to $1,200 a night to sleep in luxe tents and cabins — here's what it looks like.

Score: 5.4

Travel tips for Japan:

• Japan eats 10,000 tons of this poisonous puffer fish delicacy
• We tried 15 unique menu items at McDonald's in Japan — here's what they were like
• 13 of the best and most underrated things to do in Japan

Score: 5.4

Travel tips for Germany:

• 32 things everyone should do in Germany
• The 52 most incredible places to visit

Score: 5.4

Travel tips for France:

• Inside France's Élysée Palace, the French presidential residence that's larger than the White House and the Palace of Versailles
• Take a look inside the luxury French farmhouse where the Obama family is currently vacationing that costs $62,000 per week
• 13 foods you shouldn't leave Paris without trying

Score: 5.4

Travel tips for Spain:

• You can now sleep inside a lighthouse turned into a luxury hotel on a remote Spanish island
• 14 foods you need to try if you visit Spain
• 10 things in Spain to put on your bucket list