Guyana is South America's least-visited nation, with 818,000 people, few aircraft, and a deep Amazon rainforest that makes exploration difficult.
This often-overlooked country on the Horn of Africa barely registers on the radar of even the most devoted Africa fans, but it deserves to be better known.
Every hotel must be no taller than the tallest coconut tree on these 15 Polynesian islands, which are as near to paradise as you can get.
This west African country gained independence in 1960 and was then known as Upper Volta, but changed its name to Burkina Faso.
Fairy-tale castles and captivating countryside are the main attractions in tiny Liechtenstein.
It might be one nation now, but the islands of Papua New Guinea are made up of hundreds of distinct communities, cultures and customs.
After Cyclone Pam devastated this Y-shaped archipelago of South Pacific islands in 2015, tourism infrastructure had to be rebuilt.
Sticking with the South Pacific, the 10 islands that make up Samoa offer another little slice of paradise about as far from any mainland as you can get.