Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A lokacin da yake pontificate, John Paul II sanya tafiye-tafiye zuwa 129 kasashe, tafiya fiye da yayin da yin haka. A koyaushe yana jawo mutane da yawa, wasu daga cikin mafi girma da aka taɓa taruwa a tarihin 'yan Adam, kamar su Manila World Youth Day
, wanda ya tara mutane miliyan huɗu, mafi girman taron Paparoma da aka taɓa yi, a cewar Vatican. Ziyarar farko ta John Paul II ta farko ita ce zuwa Jamhuriyar Dominica da Mexico a watan Janairun 1979.