18. Macao
With a population crammed into just 44.5 square miles, this tiny island-nation is the most densely populated country in the world. The once Portuguese colony is the “Las Vegas” of the Orient with millions of tourists thronging its thriving casinos. These gambling dens of Macau raked in as much as US$33.217 billion in 2017. Casinos aside, the ruins of the 17th Ruins of St. Paul’s, The Venetian Macao a posh resort with its plush restaurants, outdoor pools and indoor canals and Macau Tower with its shopping complexes, cinemas and eateries are some of the island nation’s main attractions. Tourist arrivals to this tiny nation touched a mind-blowing 32.6 million in 2017.
