The "Hot List" of World's Top 10 countries: You'll Never Guess the Winner...
New
Zealand is the hottest country in the world right now, according to
Virtuoso — a network of luxury travel advisors and travel providers.
Using data from its worldwide travel agency members, Virtuoso tracked
the destinations experiencing the largest year-over-year growth, based
on $32 billion in client transactions.
It’s
no surprise that this Kiwi country topped Virtuoso’s Hot List, given
its exposure in movies like “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” — and
its untouched beauty. "There is a race towards trying to get to some of
the more pristine places because of the rise in mass tourism and
globalization,” said Virtuoso chairman and CEO Matthew D. Upchurch.
Some
other findings in the Virtuoso survey: international travel to
countries outside the U.S. is up 21 percent compared to the same time
last year. Travel to Europe has seen a 23 percent increase. On the other
hand, Russia’s tourism industry is plummeting — down a whopping 69%.
Read on to get a peek at the top 10:
New
Zealand is the hottest country in the world right now, according to
Virtuoso — a network of luxury travel advisors and travel providers.
Using data from its worldwide travel agency members, Virtuoso tracked
the destinations experiencing the largest year-over-year growth, based
on $32 billion in client transactions.
It’s
no surprise that this Kiwi country topped Virtuoso’s Hot List, given
its exposure in movies like “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” — and
its untouched beauty. "There is a race towards trying to get to some of
the more pristine places because of the rise in mass tourism and
globalization,” said Virtuoso chairman and CEO Matthew D. Upchurch.
Some
other findings in the Virtuoso survey: international travel to
countries outside the U.S. is up 21 percent compared to the same time
last year. Travel to Europe has seen a 23 percent increase. On the other
hand, Russia’s tourism industry is plummeting — down a whopping 69%.
Read on to get a peek at the top 10:
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10. Norway (+ 54%)
Call it the "Frozen" effect.
Suddenly travelers are flocking to Norway in droves — with a 54 percent
increase over last year. “We have never seen this phenomenon before,”
Hege Vibeke Barnes, director of the New York office for Innovation
Norway (the country's marketing arm) told Yahoo Travel.
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10. Norway (+ 54%)
Call it the "Frozen" effect.
Suddenly travelers are flocking to Norway in droves — with a 54 percent
increase over last year. “We have never seen this phenomenon before,”
Hege Vibeke Barnes, director of the New York office for Innovation
Norway (the country's marketing arm) told Yahoo Travel.
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