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Est-ce qu'elles visitent un pays intéressant ?

Est-ce qu'elles visitent un pays intéressant ?
Are they visiting an interesting country?
From Lesson 21:Yes/no questions with "Est-ce que" (Est-ce que tu parles ?)·French

Questions & Answers about Est-ce qu'elles visitent un pays intéressant ?

Why is it Est-ce qu'elles instead of Est-ce que elles?
Because elles starts with a vowel, the e at the end of que is dropped and replaced with an apostrophe. This makes the phrase flow better when speaking!
Do I pronounce the -ent at the end of visitent?
No! For regular verbs, the -ent ending for the they form (ils or elles) is completely silent. You just pronounce it as if it were spelled visite.
Why does pays end in an s if it means a single country?
The French word for country is always spelled pays with an s, even in the singular. If you want to talk about multiple countries, the spelling stays exactly the same: des pays.
Why is intéressant placed after pays here?
In French, most adjectives (describing words) are placed after the noun they describe. So instead of an interesting country, you literally say a country interesting (un pays intéressant).

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