10 most popular travel destinations for 2024 (Asia takes top spots)

While Dubai received the most positive comments from travelers on TripAdvisor, Asia is expected to be central to many vacation plans in 2024. Expectedly, Thailand makes the list, but it’s not Bangkok city that takes the cake this time.

As the New Year dawns, thoughts can turn to projects for the months ahead, including vacation plans. Nearly four years after the pandemic closed borders, Asia stands out as the most trending direction of travel in 2024, according to the growing popularity of destinations on this continent on the reviews site, Tripadvisor. Every year, the American giant analyzes the content of

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Bali is no longer Australia’s favorite holiday destination

The wildly popular holiday island is no longer the most sought after overseas summer holiday destination for Aussies.

Data from the Expedia group published in The Australian now identifies Tokyo as the number one destination, with Bali second and Singapore third.

Osaka and Kyoto round out the top five.

Expedia brands managing director Daniel Finch described the results as “surprising”.

“For us Bali is always in competition with Fiji and Hawaii, with Bali usually coming in first so I was quite shocked when we ran our numbers and Tokyo’s come out on top,” Mr Finch said.

“As we dug into

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