Sydney announced in Lonely Planet’s best in travel destinations for 2023

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LONELY PLANET’S BEST IN TRAVEL DESTINATIONS FOR 2023 REVEALED

● Lonely Planet’s expert predictions for the coming year celebrate the world’s top

places for food, unwinding, connection, journeys and learning

● Fast-changing Jamaica, resurgent Sydney, eating in Lima and the renaissance city of

Manchester, UK all included in 2023 hot-list

Global travel authority Lonely Planet has today unveiled its top destinations to visit next

year with the release of Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023.

Lonely Planet’s annual marquee moment celebrates our expert predictions for where to go

in the year ahead. Showcasing 30 incredible destinations around this globe, Best in Travel

2023 is Lonely Planet’s 18th annual collection of the world’s hottest destinations and the

must-have travel experiences for the year ahead. Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023

recommends 30 must-visit locations around food, journeying, connection, learning and

unwinding.

Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023 offers a comprehensive set of itineraries aimed at

helping travelers to explore the world — while following along with some seriously

knowledgeable locally-based experts along the way.

The Eat category features Peru’s capital Lima, affordable world class dining in South Africa

and the dining scene around Perugia, Italy, among others.

Intrepid Journeys include the reinstated night train between Istanbul and Sofia,Bulgaria

and a long-weekend road trip through Nova Scotia, Canada’s dramatic and surf-friendly

Atlantic province.

The overlooked peninsula of Halkidiki in Greece, future-facing Jamaica and ever-popular

Malta all offer tempting chances to unwind, while travellers looking to connect with

distinctive local scenes are directed to the buzzing art-centric scene in Accra as well as

Sydney, back on the map after the enforced separation of the past few years.

In the Learn category Lonely Planet spotlights destinations such as New Mexico,

Manchester, home to one of the UK’s most dynamic arts scenes, and the laid-back surf

culture of El Salvador.

Each year, Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023 lists start with nominations from Lonely

Planet’s vast community of staff, writers, bloggers, publishing partners and more. The

nominations are then whittled down by our panel of travel experts to just 30 destinations.

Each is chosen for its topicality, unique experiences, ‘wow’ factor and its ongoing

commitment to sustainability, community and diversity.

According to Lonely Planet’s Tom Hall the release of Lonely Planet’s annual “hot list” of

destinations and travel experiences comes at an exciting time to be planning travel. “2023

is shaping up to be an exciting year to get out and explore. With much of the world firmly on

the road to recovery, travelers are looking for different locations and experiences.”

“The lists celebrate the world in all its wonderful enticing variety,” Hall continues. “Each of

the itineraries in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023 shows how to leave the crowds

behind and truly get the heart of a destination.”

As always Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023 delivers new takes on popular destinations

such as Western Australia, Japan and historic Jordan, and unearths some lesser-known

gems like the food scene in Montevideo, Uruguay, indigenous community-operated

attractions in Alaska and South America’s eco-tourism rising star Guyana.=

Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2023 - complete list

EAT JOURNEY UNWIND CONNECT LEARN

Perugia, Italy Istanbul to

Sofia

Halkidiki,

Greece

Alaska Manchester, UK

Kuala Lumpur,

Malaysia

Nova Scotia,

Canada

Jamaica Albania New Mexico,

USA

Fukuoka, Japan Bhutan Dominica Accra, Ghana Dresden,

Germany

Lima, Peru Zambia Raja Ampat,

Indonesia

Sydney,

Australia

El Salvador

South Africa Western

Australia

Malta Guyana Southern

Scotland

Montevideo,

Uruguay

Parque

Nacional

Naturales,

Colombia

Jordan Boise, USA Marseille,

France

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