I love reading the annual travel lists compiled by various travel websites and newspapers on top travel destinations for the  year.  The New York Times list is one of my favorites.

Update: Here is the newest list for 2024.

Here are their picks for places to go in 2015:

  1. Milan, Italy
  2. Cuba
  3. Philadelphia
  4. Yellowstone National Park
  5. Elqui Valley, Chile
  6. Singapore
  7. Durban, South Africa
  8. Bolivia
  9. Faroe Islands
  10. Macedonia
  11. Medellín, Colombia
  12. St. Vincent and the Grenadines
  13. Orlando, Florida
  14. Zimbabwe
  15. Burgundy, France
  16. Lower Manhattan, New York
  17. Tanzania
  18. The North Coast of Peru
  19. Steamboat Springs, Colorado
  20. Oman
  21. Cleveland, Ohio
  22. Sri Lanka
  23. New Orleans, Louisiana
  24. Adelaide, Australia
  25. Republic of Georgia
  26. Manchester, England
  27. Campeche, Mexico
  28. Greenland
  29. Papua New Guinea
  30. Bend, Oregon
  31. Rabat, Morocco
  32. Squamish, Canada
  33. Seoul, South Korea
  34. St. Kitts
  35. Shikoku, Japan
  36. San Antonio
  37. San José del Cabo, Mexico
  38. Alentejo, Portugal
  39. The Catskills, New York
  40. Quebec City, Canada
  41. Canton Valais, Switzerland
  42. Île-de-France
  43. Danang, Vietnam
  44. Chengdu, China
  45. Miami Beach, Florida
  46. Shanghai, China
  47. Tulsa, Oklahoma
  48. Rome, Italy
  49. Cáceres, Spain
  50. Taos Ski Valley, New Mexico
  51. Baku, Azerbaijan
  52. Kas, Turkey

Some of these places are new to me but many are already on my wish list including Bolivia, Medellin, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, Oman, Papua New Guinea, Seoul and Sri Lanka. I have yet to visit  Singapore but have plans to visit in a few weeks.

I agree with New Orleans, Manhattan and Miami Beach as these are always nice. Cuba and Shanghai are two places that I have visited and loved.  Also we just wrote about Chengdu, China (number 44) this week and would recommend as well.

Click here for the complete New York Times list.

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