{"id":602,"date":"2019-10-23T11:19:32","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T11:19:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vookbook.com\/blog\/?p=602"},"modified":"2019-10-23T11:19:32","modified_gmt":"2019-10-23T11:19:32","slug":"booking-com-trending-2020-travel-destinations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vookbook.com\/blog\/booking-com-trending-2020-travel-destinations\/","title":{"rendered":"Booking.com Trending 2020 Travel Destinations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 lists are ubiquitous, especially in travel; it seems there\u2019s one for everything. And when it comes to destinations, whether it\u2019s a \u201cmost popular\u201d or \u201cup-and-coming\u201d ranking, these lists tend to be a mix of well-known cities and semi-under-the-radar places. Unless you\u2019re a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/booking.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Booking.com<\/a>\u00a0user planning 2020 travel, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>The travel booking site\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travelpredictions2020.com\/#13\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">10 Top Trending Destinations for 2020<\/a>, part of its\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/travelpredictions2020.com\/#1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">2020 Travel Predictions<\/a>, surfaced some truly niche places in surveying travelers across the globe. Pat yourself on the back if you\u2019ve heard of even three or four of these locations:<\/p>\n<h2>Booking.com Trending 2020 Travel Destinations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Gzira, Malta<\/li>\n<li>Ninh Binh, Vietnam<\/li>\n<li>Salta, Argentina<\/li>\n<li>Seogwipo, South Korea<\/li>\n<li>Jodhpur, India<\/li>\n<li>Swinoujscie, Poland<\/li>\n<li>Takamatsu, Japan<\/li>\n<li>San Juan, Puerto Rico<\/li>\n<li>Zabljak, Montenegro<\/li>\n<li>Yerevan, Armenia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Booking.com polled over 22,000 travelers who had taken a trip in the previous 12 months, or plan to take on in the next 12 months, including at least 1,000 travelers each from Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Japan, China, Brazil, India, the U.S., the U.K., Russia, Indonesia, Colombia and South Korea. This likely accounts for the varied, global results.<\/p>\n<p>Outside of San Juan, that\u2019s a whole bunch of places most people probably haven\u2019t heard of. Notably absent are any destinations in mainland North America, or in Africa. So if these destinations truly are \u201ctrending,\u201d as Booking.com says, what trends are we talking about?<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Second City\u2019 Travel<\/h2>\n<p>We\u2019ll always have Paris \u2026 all twenty-plus million of us. Major destinations may have the goods when it comes to famous attractions, museums, and cultural sites, but they are relentlessly crowded, particularly during peak travel seasons like summer and the holidays. Booking.com says it anticipates a trend toward <a href=\"https:\/\/vookbook.com\/blog\/crowd-free-vacation-places-to-visit-in-europe\/\">\u201csecond city\u201d travel<\/a>, as travelers look to explore lesser known destinations \u201cin a bid to reduce over-tourism and protect the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver half (54 percent) of global travelers want to play a part in reducing over-tourism,\u201d says Booking.com, \u201cwhile 51% would swap their original destination for a lesser known but similar alternative if they knew it\u2019d leave less of an environmental impact.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, some of the destinations listed here are secondary to larger and better-known locales: Gzira is across the harbor from Valetta, which is the capital of Malta. Takamatsu sits a stone\u2019s throw (and a ferry ride) away from Osaka, Japan.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018Slo-Mo\u2019 Travel<\/h2>\n<p>Booking.com also identified \u201cslo-mo\u201d travel as a trend, which is reflected in several of the destinations chosen. According to Booking.com: \u201cIn 2020, almost half (48 percent) of travelers plan to take slower modes of transport to reduce their environmental impact and six in 10 (61 percent) would prefer to take a longer route to experience more of the journey itself \u2026 In fact, over half (57 percent) of travelers already don\u2019t mind spending more time traveling to reach their destination if they\u2019re taking a unique mode of transport.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Top 10 lists are ubiquitous, especially in travel; it seems there\u2019s one for everything. And when it comes to destinations, whether it\u2019s a \u201cmost popular\u201d or \u201cup-and-coming\u201d ranking, these lists tend to be a mix of well-known cities and semi-under-the-radar places. Unless you\u2019re a\u00a0Booking.com\u00a0user planning 2020 travel, apparently. 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