Favourite Balkan Country in Europe

[Tenn]

most liked =/= most popular

If we were to talk about most popular countries then it would be basically Greece, Croatia and Serbia, also Romania for Moldova ofc.
Since it's about most liked tho then we would have to look up to some symapthy towards countries stats, but it's still not very relatable. The beauty of statistics, you have graphs but also you would have to ask thousands or people when most of them don't see much difference, otherwise it's just an easy number to manipulate

I guess even among groups of people on TA by nationality we would get different results

What is so popular about Serbia which does not even have a coast ? I imagine a country like Albania or Montenegro with coasts and mountains would certainly be more of a popular destination than countries like Macedonia and Serbia. It might not be the case right now but something that is certainly going to change in the future.

[Duke]

What is so popular about Serbia which does not even have a coast ? I imagine a country like Albania or Montenegro with coasts and mountains would certainly be more of a popular destination than countries like Macedonia and Serbia. It might not be the case right now but something that is certainly going to change in the future.

Serbia is wild, good food and nightlife, and extrovert.
That is why its liked by turists, they feel things are going to happen there

[Sylvanas]

Greece and Croatia

[Hithaeglir]

This is probably based on the number of Google searches in each country. Montenegro is a rather obscure country in Portugal, about which people know little or nothing compared to countries like Greece or Croatia. However, it must be a searched country on Google around here because people are curious as to why a Balkan country has a name that at first glance seems to be Portuguese ("Black Mountain"). Either that or because we have a rather prominent MP, leader of the opposition party, who is called Luís Montenegro (mostly known as just Montenegro), and can contribute to the number of Google searches.

So, not only does the country have a name that seems peculiar to us, it is also a surname in Portugal and there are also villages around here that are called Montenegro, all contributing to the number of searches that may be being misinterpreted as searches for the Balkan country.

Interesting.

[Aldaris]

You can search through Researchgate. There has been no study like this ever conducted. If anyone has a PDF, they are free to send it to me.

[Tenn]

Serbia is wild, good food and nightlife, and extrovert.
That is why its liked by turists, they feel things are going to happen there

I don't like nightlife. I don't like drinking alcohol.

[robertb]

I'm suprised to see Serbia, Bosnia and Albania being more popular than Romania

It may be different in Europe but here I never see any travel ads or basically anything about Romania. I have never been to any Balkan country but a poster on another forum got me interested in Romania so I read some history and looked at lots of photos/videos. I would love to visit because it has a variety of landscapes and unique regions around the country which smaller countries don't because of their size.