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Where to go in 2025

Brasov, Romania (on National Geographic 2025 list)
With the opening of the new airport in Nuuk this November, new flight services will connect Greenland with Canada and the United States. In the past, one would have to go to Denmark or Iceland in order to go to Greenland on either Air Greenland or Icelandair. The flights to Nuuk from North America will make Greenland more accessible to travelers eager to experience new adventures in the biggest island in the world that is not a continent. Greenland is the choice of three travel publications and ezines linked below. With these endorsements, it is poised to be the hottest destination in 2025.

Afar Magazine Where to go in 2025
This list has picked less visited destinations for crowd-free travel. Think Belgrade, Benin, Guyana and Jordan, to name a few. https://www.afar.com/magazine/where-to-go-in-2025

American Express Travel 2025 Trending Destinations
These trending destinations are based on travel bookings made by AMEX card members with Gen Z and millennial travelers in mind. How about Brittany, Koh Samui, Moab (Utah) and São Paulo for starters. https://www.americanexpress.com/en-us/newsroom/articles/travel-and-dining/american-express-travel--announces-2025-trending-destinations.html

Condé Nast Traveler Best Places to go in 2025

Fodor’s Go list 2025
Fodor’s describes its 25 destinations as “slightly off the beaten path and primed for new adventures”. Leon, Nicaragua and the Marquesas may not on the bucket list of many travelers but it’s time in the travel limelight has come. I’ve been thinking of Léon for several years. Maybe now’s the time to go. https://www.fodors.com/go-list/2025

Fodor’s NO list
This list is not meant to keep travelers from going to the places on the No List. Rather, it is an attempt to make travelers aware of the burden overtourism imposes on the people, culture, environment and local economy. As an example, Bali, Mount Everest and Kerala in India are inundated with plastic garbage. The residents of Barcelona protested last summer against tourist presence in their city and sprayed some tourists with water guns. Residents are complaining of a tight housing market because their apartments and houses have been converted to vacation rentals. In Tokyo and Kyoto, “tourist pollution” has raised the ire of locals who are feeling the pinch from rising costs, lack of manpower and overcrowding in public transportation and even on the trails on Mt. Fuji. https://www.fodors.com/news/news/fodors-no-list-2025

Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2025
LP’s list is divided into three categories: by country, city, region. To begin with, check out Cameroon, Kazakhstan and Palma de Mallorca. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/best-in-travel

New York Times 52 Places to go in 2025
Usually published in January. Just added this link on January 7, 2025. 

National Geographic Best of the World 2025

Travel and Leisure
Thailand is Travel and Leisure’s Destination of the Year for 2025. Find out why here: 

What’s new in 2025
Starting January 8, 2025, the UK will require a travel authorization (ETA) for most visitors. Apply here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/apply-for-an-electronic-travel-authorisation-eta

You must get an ETIAS travel authorization before you travel to Schengen countries sometime in 2025. The fee has been set at $7.00 at this time. People under 18 years of age and those over 70 years of age are exempted from paying this amount but will still need to register. Check this website for details and the effective date of this new travel requirement: https://travel-europe.europa.eu/etias/what-etias_en

Review the new entry requirements Spain has imposed on visitors effective December 2024. This includes disclosure of financial means and may ask for a bank statement, credit card balance or cash in hand to cover expenses during your entire stay in the country.  https://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/washington/en/ServiciosConsulares/Paginas/Consular/Condiciones-de-entrada-en-Espana.aspx

All airlines in the United States are required to refund passengers when their flight is significantly delayed or canceled. https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/28/business/us-airlines-are-required-to-refund-you-for-a-canceled-flight-automatically/index

U.S. citizens may now apply or renew their passports online. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/passports.html?

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