The 15 Countries With the Best Transportation

While it’s more likely a traveler planning a vacation will look at the availability of flights rather than the density of paved roads, being able to get around in a country is equally important.

In the World Economic Forum’s 2017 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, countries are ranked on their attractiveness for tourists based on 14 categories, including ground and port infrastructure. The report measures countries on the quality of their ports, roads and railroads; the density of both their paved roads and total number of roads; and the efficiency of their ground transport.

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With the proliferation of companies like Uber and Lyft, in many cities it’s easier than ever to hail a cab, but across many of the top destinations in this category there’s no need. For anyone who’s ever purchased a Eurail pass on a semester abroad, it won’t come as a surprise that many of the countries with the best railroad density — that is, the most miles of railroad per square mile of country — are in Western Europe. But the best countries for ground travel don't stop there.

These are the 15 countries where it's easiest to get around.

53 Travel Health Essentials the Pros Swear By

2018 is shaping up to be a peak year for wellness tourism, and that’s reaching far beyond the yoga retreats and spas that come to mind.

The Global Wellness Summit's 2018 Wellness Trends report declared 2018 a "new era of transformative travel." A January 2017 report found travelers took 691 million wellness trips—defined as “travel associated with the pursuit of maintaining or enhancing one’s personal wellbeing”—in 2015, up from about 104 million in 2013.

Here at Travel + Leisure, we've also seen a shift in the destination spa category of the World’s Best Awards survey. It’s no longer just about endless pampering as travelers focus on finding time for fitness, nutrition, and nature on vacation. Health-conscious cruises and travel guide companies are on the rise. And the growing popularity of hotel workout classes and farm-to-table resorts are more than enough to tempt an escape from the bleary everyday-ness of our calendar-ruled lives.

If you’re not intentional about it, travel can truly wreak havoc on your health. The good habits you’ve worked hard to develop in your everyday routine—consistent sleeping patterns, regular workouts, summoning the strength to avoid ordering takeout—are easily upended on vacation.

Add to that the stress of long lines, tight connections, and close quarters with strangers, and it’s no wonder we’re craving getaways designed to refresh and renew.

While a weeklong trip to a spiritual retreat or a digital detox can be fitting short-term solutions, we need to be more mindful about incorporating wellness on every trip we take. That’s easier said than done—as most habit changes are—but there are tools to help you make healthy choices and feel less likely to derail physically or mentally when traveling, no matter where you’re headed.

Below, we’re sharing our favorite tried and true products to help you have more energy and less stress on your next trip.