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(CNN) — A whole lot of end-of-year traditions are slightly totally different in 2020.
The annual “The place to Journey” lists revealed by big-hitter adventurers Nationwide Geographic and Lonely Planet are not any exception.
Confronted with a world the place journey is commonly at present troublesome, inadvisable or not possible, the publishers’ 2021 lists — each launched Tuesday — have gone for a extra ruminative strategy.
Relatively than an invite to throw your sarong in your case and hotfoot it to the airport, the lists are supposed to function inspiration for future adventures, every time they might be.
Right here the reader will discover tales describing “conservation successes, preservation achievements, cultural resilience, and tales of communities overcoming daunting obstacles to thrive regardless of the pandemic,” says Nationwide Geographic in a launch.
Greece has opened its first underwater museum off the coast of Alonissos. Attendees can discover the stays of an Athenian service provider ship by sea or by digital actuality.
The sustainability class celebrates six superlative locations throughout Europe, Africa and the US.
Florida’s Area Coast is honored within the Household part, in addition to the almost accomplished England Coastal Path, which at 4,500 kilometers will the be the world’s longest seafront strolling path.
Positioned within the Danakil Melancholy, Erta Ale is among the most energetic volcanoes on this planet.
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Asia and Oceania are under-represented on the listing general, nevertheless it recovers some floor within the tradition/historical past class, with three locations chosen.
The picks embody Guam, a US territory within the Pacific Ocean, which performed a strategic function in World Conflict II, and Gyeongju, an historic capital in South Korea that’s so teeming with artifacts it is often called “the museum with out partitions.”
“Whereas the pandemic has introduced journeys to a standstill, it is not quieted our curiosity,” says George Stone, government editor of Nationwide Geographic Journey, in a launch. “The world is stuffed with wonders — even after they’re exhausting to succeed in.”
A diver explores the coral reefs round Lord Howe Island.
Melissa Findley
Nationwide Geographic’s Better of the World 2021
Sustainability
Alonissos, Greece
Copenhagen, Denmark
New Caledonia, France
Freiburg, Germany
Gabon, Central Africa
Denver, Colorado
Household
England Coastal Path
Transylvania, Romania
Area Coast, Florida
Hortobagy, Hungary
Indigenous British Columbia, Canada
Journey
Dominica
Svaneti, Georgia
Los Glaciares Nationwide Park, Argentina
Katmai Nationwide Park & Protect, Alaska
Nature/Wildlife
Isle Royale, Michigan
Yellowknife, Canada
Cerrado savanna, Brazil
Lord Howe Island, Australia
Tradition/Historical past
Guam
New Mexico, highway journey
Bitoria-Gasteiz, Alava, Basque Nation, Spain
Gyeongju, South Korea
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tonglu, Zhejiang Province, China
This story has been up to date to replicate the addition of Alaska’s Katmai Nationwide Park to Nationwide Geographic’s listing.
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