Creator Picks
31 Creators. 74 Countries. One Question.
There are hundreds of "safest country" videos out there. So I searched TikTok, pulled 31 of them, all posted by women, and broke down every country each one named. One vote per country per creator. Any rating under 7/10 didn't count. Thailand won by a mile, named by 9 of 31 creators, almost 1 in 3.
Real experiences, one perspective at a time.
These picks come from 31 women travel creators, each sharing where they felt safe on their own trips. Every journey is different, so think of them as one helpful perspective alongside your own research.
A few of the countries named (Iraq, Syria and Yemen) currently have a U.S. State Department Level 4: Do Not Travel advisory, and 11 more are at Level 3. It's always worth checking the latest official guidance before you go.
Compare every creator pick with its official advisory in Safety Check- Travel Creators
- 31
- Women travel creators found through TikTok search, each naming one or more countries
- Countries
- 74
- Named across all 31 videos, 149 votes in total
- Regions
- 6
- Africa, Asia, Latin America & Caribbean, Europe, Middle East, North America & Oceania
Safe vs unsafe
Where women felt safe, and where they didn't
31 women travel creators named where they felt safest, and 42 named where they felt unsafe. Some appear on both lists. Switch between them, or see the countries that made both lists.
- 74
- Felt safest
31 creators - 44
- Felt unsafe
42 creators - 29
- On both lists
The 29 countries named on both lists
- 9 Thailand: named safest by 9, unsafe by 22
- 1 France: named safest by 1, unsafe by 99
- 1 Spain: named safest by 1, unsafe by 88
- 5 Mexico: named safest by 5, unsafe by 33
- 1 Morocco: named safest by 1, unsafe by 77
- 4 Colombia: named safest by 4, unsafe by 33
- 3 Greece: named safest by 3, unsafe by 33
- 1 India: named safest by 1, unsafe by 55
- 1 United States: named safest by 1, unsafe by 55
- 4 Ireland: named safest by 4, unsafe by 11
- 4 Portugal: named safest by 4, unsafe by 11
- 1 Turkey: named safest by 1, unsafe by 44
- 2 Belgium: named safest by 2, unsafe by 22
- 2 Costa Rica: named safest by 2, unsafe by 22
- 3 Dominican Republic: named safest by 3, unsafe by 11
- 3 Ghana: named safest by 3, unsafe by 11
- 3 Guatemala: named safest by 3, unsafe by 11
- 1 Brazil: named safest by 1, unsafe by 22
- 2 Jordan: named safest by 2, unsafe by 11
- 1 Malaysia: named safest by 1, unsafe by 22
- 2 Philippines: named safest by 2, unsafe by 11
- 1 South Africa: named safest by 1, unsafe by 22
- 2 Tanzania: named safest by 2, unsafe by 11
- 1 Australia: named safest by 1, unsafe by 11
- 1 Belize: named safest by 1, unsafe by 11
- 1 El Salvador: named safest by 1, unsafe by 11
- 1 Jamaica: named safest by 1, unsafe by 11
- 1 Panama: named safest by 1, unsafe by 11
- 1 Papua New Guinea: named safest by 1, unsafe by 11
Same country, different trip. Where you stay, when you arrive and who you are all shape how a place feels.
Coverage by Region
Where Creators Named
Methodology
How the Picks Were Gathered
We reviewed publicly available TikTok videos identified through searches related to women’s experiences of feeling safe while traveling. From those results, 31 women travel creators were selected. Each creator’s video named the countries where they felt safe: most named 2 to 4, some named 5 or more, and a few named just one. Every country a creator named counted as one vote, no creator was counted twice for the same country, and selections were not weighted by audience size.
The unsafe picks come from a separate search of TikTok and Instagram: 42 women travel creators, each naming places where they felt unsafe. Some of them also appear in the safest picks. The same rule applies: one vote per country per creator, so naming Rome and Milan counts once for Italy.
This is Version 1 of the picks. As more women travel creators share their picks, it will continue to grow.
A smaller group of four creators also provided explicit 1–10 safety ratings for some of their picks. Where available, these ratings are shown alongside the vote counts on the map.
Findings
What the picks actually show
9/31
Thailand was the runaway favorite, named by nearly 1 in 3 creators, more than any other country named.
41/74
Countries named by exactly one creator, including Aruba, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize. If you want safe but uncrowded, that's where to look.
17
Africa had more distinct countries named than any other region, even though it wasn't the top region by total votes.
38
Countries that also received an explicit 1–10 score: 7 perfect 10, 8 nines, 12 eights, 11 sevens.
3
Countries scored by two different creators: China (both creators agreed on a 10); Nigeria (scores ranged from a 6 in Lagos to 10s in Kano and Abuja, averaging 9.3); Rwanda (a 9 from one creator, a 7 from the other: two different impressions of the same place)
149
Total votes cast across 31 creators and 74 countries. Some creators named several places, so the total runs higher than one-per-person.
Limitations
What these picks can't tell you
- 1
Important: This is not a statistically representative survey or ranking of the safest countries for women. It reflects the experiences and opinions shared by the creators identified through our searches.
- 2
Each creator got exactly one vote for their single favorite. A country they loved almost as much, but didn't name, doesn't show up here at all.
- 3
A pick reflects one person's trip, itinerary, and comfort level, not an objective measure of a country's safety. Two creators can visit the same place and come away with different impressions.
- 4
These picks can only surface places creators already chose to visit and film. It says nothing about countries no one in the sample traveled to.
- 5
This is version 1, a single snapshot. Treat it as one real, documented perspective, not a replacement for your own research or your government's current travel advisories.
Add Your Voice
These lists grow with every answer.
You don't need a following to have an opinion. Tell me where you felt safest, or where you felt unsafe, and it goes into the next round of this research.
74 Countries at a Glance