Where is your dream holiday destination you want to explore?

It could be one of the countries that require a visa to enter – sometimes visas are needed in order to check and control the flow of visitors in and out of the country or prevent issues like criminal activities from happening.

Currently, the UK passport ranks 32nd in the world, according to VisaGuide Passport Index.

This means that UK citizens can travel “visa-free” to 155 countries across the globe.

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But to enter the remaining countries, UK passport holders must apply for a visa before visiting.

How many countries can a UK passport holder visit without a visa?

As of August 2024, VisaGuide has outlined the countries and territories UK passport holders can travel to “visa-free”:

• Albania

• American Samoa

• Andorra

• Angola

• Anguilla

• Antigua and Barbuda

• Argentina

• Armenia

• Aruba

• Australia

• Austria

• Bahamas

• Barbados

• Belarus

• Belgium

• Belize

• Bermuda

• Bolivia

• Caribbean Netherlands

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Botswana

• Brazil

• British Virgin Islands

• Brunei

• Bulgaria

• Canada

• Cabo Verde

• Cayman Islands

• Chile

• Colombia

• Cook Islands

• Costa Rica

• Croatia

• Curaçao

• Cyprus

• Czechia

• Denmark

• Dominica

• Dominican Republic

• Ecuador

• El Salvador

• Estonia

• Falkland Islands

• Faroe Islands

• Fiji

• Finland

• France

• French Guiana

• French Polynesia

• French West Indies

• Georgia

• Germany

• Gibraltar

• Greece

• Greenland

• Grenada

• Guam

• Guatemala

• Guyana

• Haiti

• Honduras

• Hong Kong

• Hungary

• Iceland

• Ireland

• Israel

• Italy

• Jamaica

• Kazakhstan

• Kenya

• Kiribati

• Kosovo

• Kyrgyzstan

• Latvia

• Lesotho

• Liechtenstein

• Lithuania

• Luxembourg

• Macau

• Malawi

If you have a UK passport, you currently don’t need a visa to enter South Africa (Image: Peter Powell/PA Wire)

• Malaysia

• Malta

• Marshall Islands

• Mauritius

• Mayotte

• Mexico

• Micronesia

• Moldova

• Monaco

• Mongolia

• Montenegro

• Montserrat

• Morocco

• Mozambique

• Namibia

• Netherlands

• New Caledonia

• New Zealand

• Nicaragua

• Niue

• North Macedonia

• Northern Mariana Islands

• Norway

• Oman

• Palestine

• Panama

• Paraguay

• Peru

• Philippines

• Poland

• Portugal

• Puerto Rico

• Qatar

• Réunion

• Romania

• Rwanda

• Samoa

• San Marino

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• Venezuela

• Vietnam

• Zambia

• Eswatini

VisaGuide adds: “For visa-free travels, you still must have a valid passport, usually six months after your departure date, and you must purchase travel health insurance as required by your destination country.”