This is part of our global guide At Best places to go in 2024: Find more travel ideas for next year, organized by continent, here.
When considering the destinations we are most excited about for 2024, there is a general sense of possibility.
When the last corners of Asia After fully reopening their borders earlier this year, the impact of the pandemic on our travels has finally subsided. As travelers, we are now better able to set our sights on the most far-flung destinations. adventures, to dust off our bucket lists and, in many cases, return to the places we love and miss. The world remains an unpredictable and complicated place in many ways. Yet, remembering that travel is the greatest luxury, we are forced to ask ourselves: what should we do with our enviable ability to travel the globe in 2024? Where, we ask ourselves, will we go first?
There are so many compelling reasons to travel far and wide in the coming year. Emerging charming hotels, wellness centersAnd expedition cruises, as they compete to attract travelers’ bookings with new offers, are forced to think carefully about what it means to be relevant and exciting, yes, but also sustainable. Destinations are setting their sights on everything from pioneering ecotourism initiatives to restorative land management efforts, bringing stories to indigenous communities that connect their past to their future. As for us travelers? We can make our choice.
To help you find the trip that’s worth your vacation days, we’ve teamed up with Condé Nast Traveler publishers around the world. For months we’ve researched, debated and reviewed a wide range of fantastic cities, regions and countries offering new reasons to visit. The result is this: our definitive guide to the 24 best places to go in 2024. It includes extraordinary superblooms in a new national park in Chileclose encounters with wildlife alongside Inuit guides Canadaand an exciting, community-led dining destination in Rwanda. This comprehensive list, although a huge challenge to narrow down, reflects how big, beautiful, diverse and ever-changing our world is.
Here are the 24 places we think should be on every traveler’s radar for the year ahead. We can’t wait to see where you go. —Arati Menon And Megan Spurrell
