MPs have enjoyed hundreds of overseas trips worth more than £2 million in the last two years alone.
Foreign governments covered more than half of the overall costs, with the Saudi government spending £200,000 on 29 visits from British MPs.
New analysis from the BBC has revealed the extent of politicians foreign travels – with 340 MPs making 810 visits.
Most of the money was spent on Tory MPs, who received £1.3 million of travel.
About £630,000 was spent on Labour MPs, while members from all other parties accounted for less than £200,000 worth of travel.
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Over the last two years, the most common paid-for destination for MPs has been Israel, which has funded 102 visits.
Next on the list is the USA with 57 and Germany, which paid for 49 trips.
Along with Saudi Arabia, the biggest spenders were Taiwan and Hong Kong – the three nations make up nearly half of the travel funded by foreign governments.
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The report comes amid controversy over Jeremy Corbyns trip to Tunisia in 2013.
The Labour leader did not declare the trip to Parliament, claiming that it was worth less than £600 – all trips valued more than the threshold should be registered.
And DUP MP Ian Paisley was suspended from the Commons for 30 sitting days after he failed to declare family holidays to Sri Lanka, covered by the countrys government.
In the year after the 2017 general election, Tory MP Leo Docherty went on six trips worth £26,895 – the most of all MPs.
Before being elected, Mr Docherty ran the Conservative Middle East Council.
He was invited on a four-day trip to Saudi Arabia worth £8,257 to see the impact of ballistic missile strikes in the Saudi/Yemen border region and gain a deeper understanding of the strategic importance of the Coalition operations in Yemen.
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Defending the trip, Mr Docherty said: The kingdom of Saudi Arabia has for many years been a hugely important strategically for UK across many sectors.
Meanwhile, Andrew Mitchell can claim the single most expensive trip over the two years.
The Conservative MP spent two days in Washington DC with his wife in April last year.
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He attended meetings about international development and was sponsored by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, charging them £21,157.
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