Time Out has just issued its annual list of the world’s 40 coolest neighborhoods. Of course, it’s entirely a judgment call; what I call cool might be considerably different from what you like. Still I enjoy these lists. So here are some highlights that include some of my fave countries and U.S. states to visit. UNITED STATES California impressed with two spots in the top 30. The vibrant and funky Arts District in Los Angeles was 13th overall and second in the U.S. only to the Mid-City district of New Orleans. Here’s a Vancouver Sun story I wrote that talks Read more
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Victoria, British Columbia has been named the world’s best city in this year’s Conde Nast Travellers’ Readers Choice Awards, while Canada owned the top three picks for world’s friendliest cities. Victoria was third in the friendly category, while Edmonton came second and Calgary was first. Dublin, Ireland was fourth and Quebec City fifth, giving Canada four of the top five spots. I might push for St. John’s or Saskatoon or Regina as the friendliest city in the country if I had a vote, but I suspect Conde Nast readers aren’t as familiar with them as they are with the winning Read more
Climbing the Statue of Liberty. Traveling to Tahiti. Getting soaked at Niagara Falls. With so many different travel experiences to enjoy around the world, a new study from luxury travel experts Kuoni has revealed which ones travellers across the globe are the most interested in. Topping the list for Canadians is visiting the Maldives, with travellers hoping to set foot on the beautiful islands for themselves one day. Visiting Bora Bora follows in second place, and then seeing the Northern Lights follows in third. Americans, on the other hand, want to stay close to home. Kuoni looked at global search Read more
Comparing search data for three of the major long weekends in Canada – Victoria Day, Canada Day, and Labour Day – Expedia explored which destinations Canadians were most interested in for summer 2023, and which destinations see a shift during the fall months. On the global destination list, Toronto came out on top for all three summer long weekend dates in terms of search interest. Recently, Toronto saw a spike in interest for November 2024 with the announcement of pop-icon Taylor Swift’s long-awaited Canadian tour dates. For the first wave of shows, Expedia reported a 5000% hike in flight searches Read more
Seoul has been rated the top city in the world on TikTok, with Paris and Barcelona right behind. Here are the top ten cities in the world ranked by key TikTok hashtags. Research conducted by JeffBet has crunched the numbers to see which city has the most hashtag views on TikTok and is, therefore, the most popular to visit this summer. The following hashtags were combined with each city as the prefix: #travel, #travelguide and #travel2023. Rank City Hashtag Views 1. Seoul 1,000,931,500 2. Paris 481,305,224 3. Barcelona 101,882,604 4. Amsterdam 72,201,405 5. Singapore 62,890,900 6. Bangkok 34,386,100 7. Read more
