Greece, Turkey and Portugal Among Top 10 for Top Countries Among Tourists in 2025
Culture and heritage are of great importance to attract tourists across the world. Tourists love to experience the unique places. European tourist sites fascinate millions of people as EU countries bagged 6 places for top 10. Based on a global survey, the U.S. News & World Report has issued the list of 40 countries based on unique traits keeping in view the value of culture and historical architecture. Famous RBI and CBI countries including Greece, Turkey and Portugal are among the top 10 list.
Global Survey 2025 for Top Tourist Destinations
The survey by the U.S. News & World Report depicts that over 17,000 people were questioned about five aspects while ranking the countries for tourism. These traits include:
- Cultural accessibility
- Historical significance
- Cuisine
- Beauty
- Geographical uniqueness
Greece is known as the first democratic country, promotes Western philosophy and home to Olympics Games. Survey participants ranked Greece top for its culture and historical heritage. Survey participants appreciated the Greek cuisine, geographical uniqueness and historical sites. As per famous site Travel and Tour World, 40 million tourists visited Greece during 2024.
Tourist Activities in Top 10 Countries
The developed tourism infrastructure that blends with culture and history offers a unique experience to visitors. Tourism in the top 10 countries offer various types of tourist activities including thermal springs, mooring places, lavish beachside resorts, museums, and archaeological sites. Moreover, these sites offer alternate tourism activities including religious tourism, medical tourism, ecotourism, and business tourism. Due to lavish tourist facilities, 7 out of 10 countries are from European region.
Here is the list of top 10 countries for 2025:
- Greece
- Italy
- Spain
- France
- Turkey
- Mexico
- Egypt
- Thailand
- Portugal
- India
Apart from top 10 countries, here are the rankings for 11th to 40th spot:
- Japan
- Brazil
- China
- Morocco
- United Kingdom
- Ireland
- Argentina
- Austria
- United States
- Australia
- Indonesia
- New Zealand
- Germany
- Vietnam
- Peru
- South Africa
- Netherlands
- Malaysia
- Switzerland
- Canada
- Norway
- South Korea
- Belgium
- Singapore
- Chile
- Philippines
- Saudi Arabia
- Hungary
- Russia
- Croatia
Upscale Lifestyle for Golden Visa Investors
Greece and Portugal are top ranked countries for tourism as people visit these countries to experience the hospitality, unique architecture, relish the local cuisine along with entertainment. Both countries also offer residency to non-EU investors that opens doors to an upscale living and business expansion in international markets. Residency by investment programs are gateway to European access where you need not a visa to visit any member Schengen states. After meeting the requirements, investors can either apply for permanent residency or citizenship.
Greece Residency by Investment
Greece Residency by Investment is a leading option for EU residency by purchasing real estate. With an investment of €400,000 or €800,000, you can purchase properties in Greece and qualify for Greece Golden Visa. You get a 5 year residency along with spouse and children under 21, however, you can’t add parents in Golden Visa application. Greece grants citizenship after 7 years, while Greek passport visa free countries include the UK, the US, UAE, Japan, China, Hong Kong and overall 185+ countries.
Portugal Residency by Investment
Portugal is ranked on 9th spot in the survey list. US citizens forms the largest group for overnight stays in Portugal. Portugal Real Estate is booming in entire Europe during 2024 and for the Q1 of 2025. Eurostat report on house prices shows a record 16.3% growth when compared with same quarter of previous year. Here is the list countries showing number of visitors to Portugal in 2024:
| Tourists Countries | Tourists in Number |
| USA UK | 153,576 |
| Spain | 148,697 |
| UK | 129,155 |
| Germany | 108,829 |
| Brazil | 85,612 |
| France | 81,069 |
