Mynameismud

Based on http://travelerscenturyclub.org/coun...habetical-list it now makes 76.

Canada/St. Pierre & Miquelon/United States
Costa Rica
Argentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Chile/Colombia/Ecuador/Peru/Uruguay/Venezuela
Martinique/St. Maarten/Cuba
Iceland
Andorra/Austria/Balearic Islands/Belgium/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Croatia/Corsica/CzechRepublic/Denmark/England/Estonia/Finland
France/Germany/Greece/Hungary/Ireland/Italy/Luxembourg/Malta/Monaco/Netherlands/Portugal/Sardinia/Scotland/Spain
Switzerland/Turkey/Vatican City
Benin/Burkina Faso/Democratic Republic of Congo/Gabon/Mali/Mauritania/Morocco/Rwanda/Senegal/Uganda
Dubai/Iran
Madagascar/Reunion Island
Cambodia/China/HongKong/India/Indonesia/Japan/Jeju Island/SouthKorea/Laos/Malaysia/Singapore/Taiwan/Thailand/Vietnam
Australia/New Zealand

commaander

I've traveled 70 countries and my favorite country is Iran. Hospitality is amazing, it's cheap and culturally rich.

I also like Israel, Romania and Russia very much.

What about you?

mikew99

I've visited only 54 countries, but I'm surprised that I have yet to visit any of your four favorites!

It's hard for me to choose my favorite countries, but any such list would have to include Malaysia and Indonesia. I've probably made more separate trips -- and spent more time -- in those two counties than in any other foreign counties in the world.

UAPremExecflyer

Already a huge long thread on this http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...many+countries
Suggest you try doing a search before posting "how many countries".

DesertNomad

I have been to 88 and my favorite was either Iran or Sudan.

You want to go where?

The OP did introduce an independent topic as to "what was your favorite?" Perhaps that was the OP's real interest, with the how many countries question as a measure of how experienced the responding poster is. If a poster has only visited 5 countries and identifies one as their favorite, it means something different than if they have visited 50 or 100.

In my personal case, I have visited 75 countries, although it isn't completely fair to compare them as some visits allowed a lot of time to experience the country and others didn't. Rather interestingly, of the OP's four favorites, I have visited three (Israel, Russia, and Romania) more than once and had enough time to really get an impression of those countries. None of them would be on my favorites list.

My favorites - Lebanon, Italy, Bangladesh, and Japan.

Reasons:

Lebanon - the warmth and friendliness of the people and the bittersweet quality of the fragility of the country.
Italy - food, culture, and the dolcefarniente quality of day to day living.
Bangladesh - the incredible energy of Dhaka. It isn't a particularly comfortable place to go, but I can't take my eyes off of what is happening around me.
Japan - I find the orderliness of the place fascinating, a complexity of etiquette which borders on obsessive-compuslive.

In all these countries, I enjoyed the food, my interactions with the residents, the culture and the history. There are very few of the 75 countries that I have been to that I would not return to, given the chance.

manneca

Close to 100. My favorite is the one I'm in now. I loved Iran. I don't particularly care for Israel and I down right didn't like Russia and China
. I also don't particularly care for Germany. As a diver I love Indonesia and Malaysia. I also love Japan and Italy.

airplanegod

Are we counting Texas as another country?

Honestly, the only countries i've been to outside the USA are The Bahamas, Canada, and Mexico. Adding the Dominican Republic this summer. Can't say I have a favorite, they are all great in their own ways.

Tchiowa

A little over 50 countries. Thailand and Morocco are my favorites. England, Australia, Papua New Guinea were great. Nepal and Angola most unique and interesting.

Drew777

I've only been to 8 countries, but with my limited experience so far, my favorite was the Bahamas.

exilencfc

A relatively poxy 21 here (and only one outside Europe - USA). My favourite is Austria but I like Holland a lot too.

WORLDWIDE TRAVELER

I have been in 113 Countries and my favorite is New Zealand and Mexico

cruisr

108 now. Faves are Australia, NZ, England, France, Japan and Malaysia

84fiero

I've only been to 17 countries so far. I get asked a lot by friends and family which one is my favorite, but I honestly have a hard time narrowing it down to just one or even a few. Each has its own strengths and I've liked different things about them.

Turkey, Japan, Ireland, France, Australia, Mexico come to mind but ask me on another day and it might be others.

ysolde

Around 30 at last count.

My favorite is Austria. Vienna stole my heart with its beautiful imperial architecture, its amazing food, and the warmth of its people. And the shopping is pretty darn good there. I had the best time in Vienna (and we're going back this fall, hooray!).

I also love Rome. I am fascinated by the fact that its history is layered there, right under your feet sometimes, right before your eyes at others. I think this is why I could not get enough of the Pantheon, which embodied, for me, the evolution of the city (and was somehow spared anyone's taking large chunks of marble and brick out of it to build something else).