I love reading the annual travel lists compiled by various travel websites and newspapers on top travel destinations for the year. While I don’t particularly care if a destination I travel to is considered a must see, I love reading these lists for inspiration on where to travel to and discovering places I might not have considered.

The New York Times list is one of my favorites. Here are their picks for places to go in 2024:

New York Times 52 Places to Go in 2024

1. The Path of Totality, North America
2. Paris, France
3. Yamaguchi, Japan
4. New Zealand by Train
5. Maui, Hawaii
6. Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni, Arizona
7. Singapore
8. O’Higgins, Chile
9. Ladakh, India
10. Geneva, Switzerland
11. Dominica, The Caribbean
12. Manchester, England
13. Craters of the Moon, Idaho
14. Baltimore, Maryland
15. Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
16. Negombo, Sri Lanka
17. Massa-Carrara, Italy
18. Bannau Brycheiniog, Wales
19. Morocco
20. Valencia, Spain
21. Kansas City, Missouri
22. Antananarivo, Madagascar
23. Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico
24. Lake Toba, Indonesia
25. Almaty, Kazakhstan
26. Quito, Equador
27. Mingan Archipelago, Quebec
28. Montgomery, Alabama
29. Tasmania, Australia
30. Waterford, Ireland
31. Tsavo National Park, Kenya
32. Brasília, Brazil
33. El Salvador
34. Koh Ker, Cambodia
35. Vestmannaeyjar, Iceland
36. Montevideo, Uruguay
37. Mustang, Nepal
38. Vienna, Austria
39. Brisbane, Australia
40. Pasadena, California
41. Hurghada, Egypt
42. Boundary Waters, Minnesota
43. Thessaloniki, Greece
44. Normandy, France
45. Grenada, The Caribbean
46. El Camino de Costa Rica
47. Albanian Alps
48. Whitehorse, Yukon
49. Choquequirao, Peru
50. Dresden, Germany
51. Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve, Mexico
52. Flamingo, Florida

Some of these are already on our travel wish list especially Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia to see the salt flats.

Some of our favorite past travel destinations have made the cut including Paris and Singapore.

Click here for the complete New York Times list.

To see the past lists from recent years here are the New York Times 52 Places to Go lists from 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.