What are this year’s up-and comers to keep on your radar? Here at WendyPerrin.com, we’ve identified the 10 countries that have climbed the most in popularity within the past year. Of all the countries in the world, these are the 10 that have seen the biggest surge in trip requests from 2016 to 2017, based on inquiries submitted to Ask Wendy and to the Trusted Travel Experts on The WOW List:
- Greece
- Morocco (where Wendy took her family for spring break)
- Vietnam
- Cambodia
- Canada (especially British Columbia and Newfoundland, two of our favorite provinces)
- Portugal (including Lisbon, the Algarve, the Alentejo, and Porto)
- Germany
- Costa Rica
- South Africa
- Hungary
Keep in mind, though, that with new waves of travelers flocking to these hot spots, if your goal is to beat the crowds, you may be too late—unless you have a WOW Lister arrange the trip. Instead you might consider a still-under-the-radar destination such as one of these that has not received as many trip requests as it deserves. These gems have not yet piqued the interest of the traveling masses…but they could well be next year’s hits. We recommend:
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Ethiopia
- Mongolia
- Nepal
- The Philippines
- Romania
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Zambia (where Wendy’s taking her family this summer)
Click on the links for insider intel about each—and if you’re curious who can arrange the best trip possible there, look on The WOW List or, if you can’t find your answer there, Ask Wendy.
Earlier this year Wendy and her family traveled through the #2 country on our list: Morocco. Here they are at the Ksar of Ait-Ben-Haddou.
