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Watched a movie or someone else’s post, and now you are looking for the top holiday destinations for your international travelling? Because why not, most of the countries have opened their tourism for international visitors and once again you can give wind to the flaming embers of wanderlust.

Although tourism is one of the sectors which suffered a lot during this pandemic, it can never come to a halt. So, here are the best 5 holiday destinations to visit based on their increasing popularity in the past few years.

01 France

Did Paris ring in your ear after hearing France or was it Eiffel Tower? In 2018 and 2019, France hosted more than 89 million international tourists making it the top-ranking tourist location.

However, France is not just about the Eiffel Tower or a night in Paris. Château de Versailles, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, Arc de Triomphe, Pont du Gard, Mont Saint-Michel, Sainte-Chapelle, Puy de Dôme (500,000), Château du Haut-Kœnigsbourg, and Musée Picasso are some of the other popular tourist attractions to be explored in France.

02 Spain

When it comes to Spain, it’s either Real Madrid CF or FC Barcelona, right? Wrong.
It is also about La Tomatina tomato festival and Running of the bulls, and surely, you just imagined the trip of three friends shown in a Bollywood movie. As per the World Tourism Rankings, Spain was the second highest ranking country for the best holiday destination in 2019 with 83.5 million international visitors.

Famous for its various scenic plains, art, cinema, sculpture, cuisine, festivals, architecture, and heritage sites, Spain is one of the best international tourist locations in the world and the best in the European countries.

03 United States

Have you heard of the saying “even if you were a little less popular, you’d still be the most popular”? No? Maybe because you are not the US yourself.

In 2019, the United States faced a 0.6% decline in international tourism as compared to 2018, and yet recorded a total of 79.3 million visitors which made it the third best holiday destination to travel to. And this is excluding the other countries from the USA. With Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, and Chile, the USA topped the chart of best international holiday destinations with a total of 169.1 million international tourists.

04 China

In the Asia-Pacific region, China topped the charts of most popular tourist locations in 2019 with a 4.5 percent rise (no wonder why Covid spread so fast).

Jokes apart, China stood at number 3 in the World Tourism Rankings which has turned to number 2 in the year 2021. The reason for its increasing popularity as the most popular international holiday destination could be Beijing, Xian, Shanghai, Zhangjiajie, and Tibet.

05 Italy

Another of the top 5 best holiday destinations to visit belongs to Europe; Italy. With a 4.8 percent increase in international visitors, Italy ranked number 5 in the World Tourism Rankings 2019 and it is also at number 3 in the most visited places in 2021 with a total of 64.5 million tourist visits.

Rome, Milan, Venice, and Florence are the cities which come within the top 100 destinations around the world and all are beautifully homed in the tourist routes of Italy.

Now, we have named the destinations, but the task of choosing one out of all is yours to handle.