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Old 02-06-2016, 05:57 PM
 
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Canada? Relatively speaking, that is. Our dollar's really low right now, so exchange rates are good for anyone from the U.S., U.K., Europe, etc. I would've thought we'd be seeing more tourists this year. Maybe it'll pick up after the snow melts.

Other destinations that come to mind:

Bali, Fiji, Guam... it's just expensive and a long haul flight for North Americans to get there. They sound divine from what I've heard however.

Bhutan, a tiny and remote country that is for the most part quite peaceful. It doesn't have a well-developed tourism industry though.

Japan, again. I had a blast visiting about a decade ago, I stayed with my brother and saw Tokyo. It was quite amazing, but indeed, foreign tourists aren't hugely visible.
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Old 02-06-2016, 06:10 PM
 
Location: Taipei
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Japan, again. I had a blast visiting about a decade ago, I stayed with my brother and saw Tokyo. It was quite amazing, but indeed, foreign tourists aren't hugely visible.
A decade ago maybe, but now tourists are everywhere in Japan. Japan received about 20 million tourists last year, a huge improvement compared to the year before.

Idk if Japanese people consider it an 'improvement' though, tourists could be very annoying too.
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Old 02-06-2016, 06:17 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Other destinations that come to mind:

Bali, Fiji, Guam... it's just expensive and a long haul flight for North Americans to get there. They sound divine from what I've heard however.
Bali gets nearly 4 million tourists per year, not bad for an island smaller than the Delmarva peninsula.

What's surprising to me is that Guam (1.4 million) gets a lot more tourists than Fiji (0.7 mil).

Like 80-85% of the visitors in Guam come from Japan/South Korea.
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Old 02-06-2016, 06:33 PM
 
Location: Taipei
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What's surprising to me is that Guam (1.4 million) gets a lot more tourists than Fiji (0.7 mil).

Like 80-85% of the visitors in Guam come from Japan/South Korea.
Guam is like 3 - 4 hours away from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan by flight, while Fiji is like an overnight flight. Not that surprising tbqh.
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Old 02-06-2016, 06:50 PM
 
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Guam is like 3 - 4 hours away from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan by flight, while Fiji is like an overnight flight. Not that surprising tbqh.
I expected both to get around 1 million.
Fiji is a lot more famous by name than Guam.
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Old 02-06-2016, 07:01 PM
 
Location: USA/Ethiopia
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Ethiopia- I guess people just do not know much about it and most people think the country is 99% desert for some odd reason . The tourism sector there is growing though quite fast.
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Old 02-06-2016, 07:03 PM
 
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Ethiopia- I guess people just do not know much about it and most people think the country is 99% desert for some odd reason .
Most people i speak to don't even think about desert, they think 99% of the country doesn't have enough food.
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Old 02-06-2016, 07:05 PM
 
Location: USA/Ethiopia
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Most people i speak to don't even think about desert, they think 99% of the country doesn't have enough food.
That's another misconception I should have mentioned. It will be long until this one goes though because droughts do hit the country every 5-10 years or so .
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Old 02-07-2016, 12:12 PM
 
Location: Midwest
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Chile and Argentina...
-Seasonal flip;
-Assumption they're very dangerous places like a large chunk of Central America and northern South America;
-Not places that are really in the public consciousness;
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Old 02-07-2016, 12:24 PM
 
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Chile and Argentina...
-Seasonal flip;
-Assumption they're very dangerous places like a large chunk of Central America and northern South America;
-Not places that are really in the public consciousness;
100% agree with this.
Chile only get around 4 million tourists per year and Argentina 6 mil.
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