If you’re looking for places in the world to travel to that haven’t been “found” yet, the blog Travellemming has some suggestions. This year it asked well-heeled travel bloggers from around the world to vote for 30 places nominated by myriad tourist offices and governments as the world’s top emerging destinations for 2020.
Raising the awareness of lesser-known destinations – places that are not “overtouristed” – Travellemming says, is “to help encourage travelers to spread out and appreciate every corner of this stunning planet.” Clearly there is a taste among the bloggers for the Caucasus and beyond, with Georgia, Estonia, Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan on the list. In Africa, Rwanda, Ethiopia and Namibia are named. But there are also many surprises. Read on.
1 Georgia (the One next to russia)
2 Nova Scotia
3 The Cook Islands
4 Rwanda
5 KyRgyzstan
6 Ecuador
7 Gothenberg, Sweden
8 Churchill, Manitoba
9 Dominica
10 Uzbekistan
11 Launceston, tasmania
12 rovinj, croatia
13 namibia
14 aarhus, denmark
15 northern territory, australia
16 prince edward island
17 colorado springs, colorado
18 la paz, mexico
19 estonia
20 lausanne, switzerland
21 southern laos
22 lebanon
23 poznan, poland
24 paso robles, califoria
25 navarre beach, florida
26 mclaren vale, southern australia
27 laurel highlands, pennsylvania
28 azerbaijan
29 paraguay
30 ethiopia
See the reasons why the judges chose these destinations by viewing the original Travellemming story here.