I've visited 35 countries but mostly by land not by air and not counting Quebec, Kurdistan, Palestine or other disputed states.
The more important question which was touched on by mentioning a stopover should not count if all you did was land at the airport.
I'd like to see a good definition of what it really means to have been somewhere?
Here are some examples that include state and country visits:
My dad took a greyhound bus round trip in one weekend from Arkansas to the border of Maine to make his 48th continental state? (sorta sick kind of mileage run) I think this counts as a state visit because of the effort.
We drove a little out of the way to visit a few extra New England states last year and a friend in Boston told me his definition required that you took a pee in the state or the visit doesn't count.
My Cousin patrols the northern no-fly zone over Iraq. He has never landed there but I give him credit for a visit.
I think it is best to have a list of countries you have had a sufficient experience in to culturally count as a visit, and another list that you have only technically visited.
Edited for spelling mistakes. Hope I got them all.
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