Best Places to Travel in 2020 - The Ultimate Guide According to 7 Top Travel Sites
With every new year comes a flurry of recommendations from travel sites for the best places to visit - but what are the best of the best?
I gathered the “Top Places to Travel” lists from the biggest travel brands in the world so you can see of alllllll of their recommendations at once - saving you lots of valuable time that would have otherwise been spent Googling 😉 Then, I tallied the results and came up my my own “Top 10 Travel List” of the destinations that were mentioned the most often. Enjoy!
PS: Honorable mention for the country that wins as the “Best Emerging Travel Destination for 2020” is listed at the bottom.
Which places do you want to visit the most? Let me know in the comments!
The Participants - 7 Top Travel Sites:
Travel & Leisure
CNN Travel
National Geographic
Airbnb
Forbes
Conde Nast Traveller
Lonely Planet
Top 10 of 50 Places to Visit in 2020 According to Travel & Leisure:
Hanging out in Arequipa, Peru, December 2012
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Arequipa, Peru
Asheville, North Carolina
Austria
Baja Sur’s East Cape, Mexico
Barbados, Caribbean
Beijing, China
Big Island, Hawaii
Botswana
Boston, MA
Top 20 Places to Visit in 2020 According to CNN Travel:
Los Lagos, Chile
Copenhagen, Denmark
The Dead Sea
Dominica
Galway, Ireland
Jamaica
Kyrgyzstan
Kyushu, Japan
New Caledonia
Paraty and Ilha Grande, Brazil
Sao Tomé and Príncipe
St. Petersburg, Russia
Sri Lanka
Tunisia
Vancouver Island, British Columbia
Washington, DC
Wuppertal, Germany
Wyoming
Zambia
Top 20 Places to Visit in 2020 According to National Geographic:
Guizhou Province, China
Tohuku, Japan
National Blue Trail, Hungary
Telc, Czechia
Magdalen Islands, Canada
Wales Way, UK
Abu Simbel, Egypt
Fort Kochi, India
Zakouma National Park, Chad
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Puebla, Mexico
Kalahari Desert, South Africa
Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Maldives
Tasmania, Australia
Asturias, Spain
Gobekli Tepe, Turkey
Mendoza Province, Argentina
Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
Top 20 Emerging Travel Destinations According to Airbnb:
Milwaukee, WI, US
Buriram, Thailand
Sunbury, Victoria, Australia
Romania
Xi’an, China
Eugene, OR, US
Luxembourg
Guadalajara, Mexico
Vanuatu
Cali, Colombia
Cape Canaveral, FL, US
Aberdeen, Scotland
Courtenay, BC, Canada
Ubatuba, Brazil
Les Contamines-Montjoie, France
Kerala, India
Malindi, Kenya
Maastricht, Netherlands
Top 20 Destinations for 2020 According to Forbes:
The Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas - Never gets old. Pic: Kristin
Las Vegas, USA
Tel Aviv, Israel
Macau
Nashville, USA
U.S. and British Virgin Islands
Dubai, UAE
Edinburgh, Scotland
Sonoma, USA
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Kohler, Wisconsin
Monterey, California
Bangkok, Thailand
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Jamaica
Maldives
St. Petersburg, Russia
Cape Town, South Africa
Best Holiday Destinations for 2020 According to Conde Nast:
Porto de Galinhas, Brazil. Photo: Kristin Wilson
Pakistan
Plymouth, UK
Kyrgyzstan
Armenia
Salvador, Brazil
Kangaroo Island, Australia
Galway, Ireland
Siargao, Philippines
Paris, France
Egadi Islands, Sicily
Dakar, Senegal
Portland, Maine, USA
Lebanon
Quingdao, China
Frisian Islands, Denmark
British Virgin Islands
Rabat, Morocco
Panama
Rijeka, Croatia
Top 10 Countries to Travel to in 2020 According to Lonely Planet:
Bhutan
England
North Macedonia
Aruba
Swaziland
The Netherlands
Liberia
Morocco
Uruguay
Winners!
The Best of the Best - Top 15 Most Recommended Travel Destinations for 2020:
Sunset at the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Pic: Kristin Wilson
Australia
Mexico
India
United Kingdom
Morocco
China
France
Canada
Brazil
USA
Africa
And, for the best emerging destination in 2020 - Georgia!
Watch the full video with the results below on Digital Nomad News: