When we travel its nice to be warmly welcomed in our destination. We all like to think that the locals actually want us here. That’s important for a vacation or short business trip but even more so if you’re and expat and looking at living abroad. So we were very interested to see this study on the most welcoming countries.
The survey released by InterNations, a global network for people who live and work abroad was done by polling its membership, hailing from over 180 countries, to find out which countries are the most welcoming to expats and travelers.
The results hold some surprises. We don’t normally think of Bahrain as being open or inviting but it does rely heavily on foreigners to make up his labor force and provide management services so we think its ranking may be a bit skewed towards expat living versus travel. But the rest of the top 10 countries are renowned for being friendly.
On this map the countries in yellow are the most welcoming counties whereas the countries in blue are least welcoming
And in case you’re keeping score here’s the complete list.
Here are the Most Welcoming Countries
1 Portugal
2 Taiwan
3 Mexico
4 Cambodia
5 Bahrain
6 Costa Rica
7 Oman
8 Colombia
9 Vietnam
10 Canada
11 Philippines
12 Peru
13 Ecuador
14 Brazil
15 UAE
16 Uganda
17 Spain
18 Myanmar
19 Romania
20 Thailand
21 Indonesia
22 Malaysia
23 Cyprus
24 Israel
25 Malta
26 Argentina
27 Kenya
28 Kazakhstan
29 Turkey
30 Ireland
31 New Zealand
32 Greece
Here are the Least Welcoming Countries
33 Nigeria
34 India
35 Netherlands
36 USA
37 Australia
38 Hong Kong
39 Luxembourg
40 Singapore
41 Italy
42 South Korea
43 China
44 Japan
45 Ukraine
46 Panama
47 Germany
48 Norway
49 Chile
50 Belgium
51 Sweden
52 Russia
53 Qatar
54 Poland
55 France
56 United Kingdom
57 South Africa
58 Hungary
59 Saudi Arabia
60 Denmark
61 Finland
62 Czech Republic
63 Switzerland
64 Austria
65 Kuwait
