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The most exciting travel destinations for 2024
With 2024 just around the corner, Globe Aware volunteers have probably noticed that travel publications are releasing list after list on where to travel next year. But what about the world’s most exciting places to visit in 2024? Find out what they are!
These are the most exciting destinations for 2024, according to National Geographic
From places with prehistoric stories to hot spring havens, this list is sure to provide you with some fresh ideas
By Liv Kelly
November 1, 2023
TimeOut
With 2024 just around the corner, travel publications are releasing list after list on where to travel next year. We've covered the most budget-friendly, most underrated and top trending destinations – but what about the world’s most exciting places to visit in 2024?
Well, the travel gurus at National Geographic have the answer, as they’ve just released The Cool List for 2024. 30 destinations dotted all over the world have made the list, from the Albanian Alps to the Andrefana Dry Forests in Madagascar.
Europe dominates almost half of the list with 13 entries, including Malta’s capital Valletta and Pompeii in Italy. Many destinations are now more reachable thanks to the vast improvements happening on railways. Perhaps most intriguingly, National Geographic predicts that Wales is going to be a hit travel destination in 2024.
According to The Cool List, Wales has a centuries-old Whisky tradition that’s often overshadowed by that of Ireland and Scotland. Welsh whisky has undergone something of a renaissance; Cardigan Bay and Penryn are home to two of the nation's four ‘geographical indication-sanctioned’ distilleries, which means you sample the whisky right at its source.
The Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico is another destination highlighted to be one of the most exciting for travel next year, and it’s no surprise, given that Mérida, the state’s largest city, also made the list of trending destinations according to Booking.com. The Yucatán landscape has a fascinating history: the meteor that wiped out dinosaurs landed here, forming extremely flat lands and the area’s famous cenotes, which were formed by the meteor’s fallout.
Sierra Leone also makes Nat Geo’s list. The country has recently become significantly more accessible thanks to the opening of a new airport. Nature is what most travellers venture here for, and there’s plenty to marvel at with its beaches, mountains, and native chimpanzees.
Other destinations include Sikkim in India, which boasts bountiful views of the Himalayas, and Victoria in Australia, thanks to a new road trip that visits the area's thermal hot springs.
Here are the most exciting destinations to visit in 2024, according to National Geographic
Europe
- Albanian Alps, Albania
- Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Galloway and Southern Ayrshire, Scotland
- Nordland, Norway
- North Yorkshire, England
- Pompeii, Italy
- Saimaa, Finland
- Tartu, Estonia
- The Euros, Germany
- Valletta, Malta
- Wales
- Wild Atlantic Way, Ireland
The Americas
- Atacema Desert, Chile
- Lima, Peru
- New York State, US
- Miami, US
- Texas, US
- Dominica
- Nova Scotia, Canada
- Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
- Iberá Wetands, Argentina
Africa
- Akagera, Rwanda
- Andrefana Dry Forests, Madagascar
- Sierra Leone
Asia
- Sikkim, India
- Tainan, Taiwan
- Xi-an, China
- South Pacific
- Victoria, Australia
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- Source: Time Out
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