What attracts modern tourists? Historical places, a variety of architectural forms, gorgeous beaches, profitable shopping opportunities, amazing natural landscapes. World tourism has long decided on the top 10 countries that definitely need to be visited. The leaders included France, Türkiye, and Italy. Australia, Austria, Germany, China, UK, Spain and USA. Why are these states so attractive to travelers?
France
France, which is associated with endless romance, is ready to offer tourists entertainment for every taste! This country combines both modernity and antiquity: the Louvre and, a walk along the banks of the Seine and a visit to the Moulin Rouge extravaganza, Notre Dame Cathedral and glass skyscrapers. Add in top-notch luxury boutique shopping, some of the world's finest wines, unparalleled cuisine and endless attractions, and it's easy to see why more than 79 million travelers flock here each year.
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Türkiye
“All-inclusive” Turkey, which has won the love of our compatriots, is famous not only for its luxurious hotels and well-groomed beaches. The abundance of historical, natural and archaeological attractions that are located here force travelers to get out of the hotels, tempted by exciting excursions.
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Italy
Thanks to centuries of rich culture, high fashion, glorious history, amazing climate and national cuisine, Italy has been at the peak of tourist success for many years. In addition to the azure sea and golden beaches, here you will admiringly contemplate the exquisite simplicity of Ravenna, the nobility and tranquility of Siena, the patriarchal nature of Pesaro, the luxury of San Remo or the somewhat frightening Volterra. But you shouldn’t be afraid of the notorious mafia. It has long become a tourism brand attracting travelers.
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Australia
If you manage to get to Australia, you will definitely fall in love with it! In addition to exciting excursions, the best cafe au lait, golden beaches and endless ocean, here you will immediately feel like a citizen of the world, because the futuristic architecture of Australian cities erases all boundaries.
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Austria
The splendor of crystal clear lakes, caps of snow-white snow, amazing alpine landscapes, the unforgettable taste of Viennese coffee and the bitterness of chocolate - this is only a small part of what awaits any tourist who finds himself in Austria! It’s not for nothing that the treasury of this country is annually replenished with money left here by grateful guests.
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Germany
Amazing country! There is neither the Leaning Tower of Pisa nor the works of Gaudi, but the Germans are creating a unique tourism product. Various festivals, recognizable gastronomic delights, fairs - there is something to do here.
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China
This country amazingly combines urban, minimalist modernity and the richness of thousand-year-old culture. It is not surprising that China is truly exotic for Europeans.
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Great Britain
For a traveler who has traveled outside his native country more than once, visiting the UK is a tourist must-have. After all, listening to stories about Wilkshire, Big Ben and the Thames is one thing, but seeing this splendor with your own eyes is quite another.
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Traveling is a great way to break out of the ill-fated rhythm of affairs and responsibilities, replacing habitual emotions with bright and fresh impressions; acquire new invaluable knowledge and overcome the creative crisis.
Monotonous sitting in the office, traffic jams, lack of sleep, prolonged cold - rapidly strengthen the idea of a vacation, giving birth to dreams and travel plans in the head.
It is worth noting that every year tourism is less and less in the status of a fashionable and prestigious hobby, but becomes an opportunity for cultural and spiritual development. Many people no longer choose places based on the principle “so they won’t be ashamed to tell their friends,” but choose real pearls for their soul.
In our interesting world there are hundreds of thousands of beautiful, amazing places. Often the most beautiful places and attractions are very far away. Take a fascinating tour of the ten most beautiful and unusual places in the world with the site. And let it be a virtual trip, but maybe it will inspire you to take a real one in the future.
“Tunnel of Love”, Klevan, Ukraine
The “Tunnel of Love” in Klevan was nicknamed a natural fence of trees and bushes that grew over the railway tracks near the Klevan station in a completely unusual way. At some point, the authorities stopped trimming the trees, and the dense crowns formed an impromptu grotto. So, if you are in love, then go to the “Tunnel of Love” together. And beware of the train, because despite the talk that the railway is not working, there is a train in some pictures on the network.
Heart Island, Queensland, Australia
Pink lake Retba, Senegal
Retba acquired an unusual color for several reasons. Firstly, there is a lot of salt in the waters of the lake. Its concentration is about 40%. Secondly, the microorganisms living here are red because they produce a special pigment to absorb sunlight. This is a bacteria called Dunaliella salina. They are what allow the lake to have such an unusual color.
Mont Aiguille, France
Valley of the Fallen, Guadarrama Mountains, Spain
Lake Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
Hang Son Dung, Vietnam
The largest cave in the world. According to researchers, there is enough space in the underground hall of the cave even for a 40-story skyscraper.
The most dangerous trail in the world “El Caminito del Rey”, Spain
The trail is a narrow, curved path, only a meter wide; is mounted on iron beams driven into the relief. Sometimes it becomes a place of death for tourists.
Golden Stone, Mount Chaittiyo, Burma
The golden stone in Burma is a striking example of balancing; it is located on the edge of a one and a half kilometer mountain and it seems that it is about to fall down, because you can even swing it slightly! However, this has not happened for about nine centuries. Buddhists took the fact that the stone defies the law of gravity as a sign, covered it with gold and built a pagoda on top.
Bay of Kotor, Montenegro, Croatia
The largest bay on the Adriatic Sea.
Huanglong, northwest Sichuan, China
The stars are reflected and this place is made for romance. That’s right - here you need to enjoy each other, however, the glow is explained by the bioluminescence of plankton - chemical processes in its body, during which the released energy is released in the form of light. Luminous single-celled organisms trigger their illumination from movement in the water column.
2. Colored rocks of Zhangye Danxia in Gansu, China
There are only such beautiful rocks. Rock formations represent a unique type of petrographic geomorphology. In fact, colored rocks are nothing more than red sandstones and conglomerates of the Cretaceous period. The study shows that approximately 100 million years ago there was a huge inland basin. The water carried silt here. As a result of global high temperatures, the basin dried out and under these arid conditions the sediment oxidized and took on a rust color.
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3. End of the World swing in Banos, Ecuador
Deep in the wilds of Ecuador lies a seismic monitoring station. Its goal is to monitor the activity of the Tungurahua volcano, which awoke on August 19, 1999. Since then, climbing it has been prohibited, and it itself is under close scrutiny. The station is a small tree house. Which can already be considered a landmark, since it is located on the edge of a rather deep cliff. But of much greater interest are the swings that hang from the branches of the tree.
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4. Great Blue Hole in Belize, USA
The Great Blue Hole in Belize is a large blue hole located in the center of Lighthouse Reef, an atoll within the Belize Barrier Reef. It is a round karst sinkhole with a diameter of 305 m and a depth of 120 m. This geological formation was originally a system of limestone caves formed during the last ice age.
The uniqueness of this country lies in the combination of smoking volcanoes and hot geysers with eternal ice. It is important to see the most interesting places: the Blue and Ice Lagoons and Geysers.
The Blue Lagoon is a natural complex of pools among lava piles. The water in the Lagoon is milky in color, and in addition to it, it contains quartz and blue-green algae.
The ice lagoon is also incredibly beautiful! This is one of the few places where you can see the life of icebergs at close range: new icebergs break off from the glacier and fill the lake, drift along the coast in winter, and melt in summer.
They are of different colors: white, green, blue, etc. And you can see the seething geysers of Iceland by going to the Haukadalur Valley. Its symbols are the geysers Strokkur and Geysir, which erupt with different frequency and power.
For example, Strokkur throws out jets of hot water every ten minutes to a height of up to 20 meters, while Geysir is calmer.
Most Unique Country: Tanzania
The most interesting country in Africa in terms of diversity and uniqueness of flora and fauna. This country is rich in natural values: 15 national parks, 17 reserves, lakes, mountains, including Kilimanjaro, and the giant Ngorongoro crater.
It is here, in the crater of the Ngorongoro Nature Reserve, a huge tropical park, that more than 30 thousand animals live: buffalos, zebras, gazelles, leopards, wildebeest, lions, and there are also elephants, hippopotamuses and rhinoceroses.
White and black rhinoceroses are an endangered species in the world.
Tanzania also has the only plant-based national park in tropical Africa, Kitulo. Due to the variety of flowers: more than 350 species of plants and more than 40 species of orchids, it is rightly called the “Garden of God”.
In addition to orchids, the park contains giant lobelias, kniffophias, proteas and other plants. Kitulo Park is also the only habitat in Tanzania for the rare Kaffir Bustard.
Most Unique Country: Japan
There are also many attractions in India that are considered UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Ajanta cave temples, Ellora cave temples, Taj Mahal, numerous unique churches in the city of Goa, Hampi monuments, Qutub Minar, etc.
Most Unique Country: Indonesia
Indonesia is the largest island nation in the world: about 18,000, of which only about 7,000 have their own names. The largest of the islands are New Guinea, Kalimantan, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Java, and all the other islands are much smaller.
The large islands are characterized by a combination of mountainous terrain and plains covered with dense tropical rainforests. On many islands, the mountain slopes rise steeply almost from the very shore and end in peaks.
One of the natural features of Indonesia is that many islands are covered with snow, despite being close to the equator. Indonesia can also be considered a country of volcanoes: there are more than 500 of them, and 129 are active. The island of Java is especially famous for its numerous volcanoes.
And the most famous volcano in Indonesia is Krakatoa, which is located between the islands of Java and Sumatra. The largest are Rinjani in Lombok and Agun in Bali.
Most Unique Country: Bolivia
The uniqueness of Bolivia is that it can be called the highest mountainous country, and in its isolation from the world. It’s not for nothing that Bolivia is called the “Tibet of America.” Unfortunately, the country lost access to the Pacific Ocean as a result of the war with Chile, so now it is in the middle of the continent. Here is the highest de facto capital - La Paz.
Bolivia is home to the highest navigable lake in the world, Titicaca. Unlike other Latin American countries, most of its population are indigenous people, the Indians are one of the main Indian tribes of Bolivia.
Its population is more than 2 million people. Tourists have a unique opportunity when visiting Bolivia to meet representatives of this people, who still follow their traditions and customs.
Photo: open sources on the Internet, collage: Svetlana Karmadonova
There are so many wonderful places in the world that I would like to visit. But even if a person had ten lives, he would hardly have time to visit everywhere. Therefore, you have to choose. Everyone knows that frustrating feeling when you have nothing to choose from, but you won't feel any better when you have to choose from a large number of equally incredible options. Well, this article will make your choice easier - here is a list of twenty countries that you must visit in your lifetime.
New Zealand
There is hardly a person who has visited New Zealand and not fallen in love with this mysterious country. It is difficult to find another place where travelers would be so pleased with what they saw, from man-made masterpieces to natural wonders. The nature here is truly impressive: you will find here prehistoric forests, wide beaches, snow-capped mountains, and wonderful water sources.
Australia
Australia is not just a country, it is an entire continent. Its vast expanses hide a world full of ethnic and cultural diversity, incredible landscapes, and a variety of entertainment options. Here you will find a spirit of sociability and life on every corner.
Japan
Japan is a unique blend of tradition and innovation. An incredible religious and cultural heritage coexists side by side with the high-tech and architectural achievements of our time. There are thousands of impressive Buddhist temples and altars throughout the country, most of which are concentrated in Kyoto, a city known as the cultural capital of Japan.
Thailand
With an incredibly intriguing history, Thailand is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Southeast Asia. Thailand is able to offer a variety of attractions for many different types of tourists. There are ancient Buddhist temples and beautiful palaces, as well as untouched islands and national parks. The country's capital, Bangkok, with its bustling streets and huge shopping malls, stands in stark contrast to the tranquil villages hidden high in the mountains.
Nepal
Nepal is a tiny country in the Himalayas, located between two large neighboring countries, China and India. This country is a world in itself - nowhere else can you find so many emotions and impressions in such a small area. This country has some of the best trekking and mountaineering trails in the world.
South Africa
South Africa is a place that will not disappoint any visitor. It is a large, diverse and incredibly beautiful country suitable for a variety of travellers. South Africa is also the largest cultural center of the entire African continent. Cape Town and Johannesburg almost always appear on the list of the best cities for tourism.
Botswana
Botswana is an extremely impressive country that has made an incredible journey from complete poverty to one of the most stable economies in all of Africa. It is especially impressive how the country has managed to preserve all its natural treasures during times of economic growth. Much of its land is dedicated to national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.
Latvia
The infrastructure of the Baltic pearl has improved significantly in recent years, with many cities undergoing major renovations. Particularly noteworthy is the country's capital, Riga, which was recently chosen as the European Capital of Culture. Many travelers focus solely on this city, but the true spirit of Latvia is in the countryside, where you can find pristine lakes, emerald forests and sandy beaches.
Poland
Poland has gone through many upheavals over the past few centuries, but its rich culture, beautiful scenery and historical sites provide visitors with many wonderful memories to take away. And although Warsaw, the capital of the country, is the most popular city among tourists, you will miss out on a lot if you spend all your time there exclusively.
Germany
Germany is one of the best countries in the world for tourist visits. Of course, it may seem a little expensive. However, the excellent food, impeccable beer and wonderful scenery are worth the money spent. The country offers incredible natural diversity, from the green hills of Bavaria to the snow-capped Alps, and a variety of cities, from bustling Munich to tranquil medieval Tübingen.
France
A trip to France is on almost every person's bucket list, and this country truly deserves this approach. It attracts people from all over the world for its culture, wine, cuisine and landscapes.
Spain
If you visit Spain at least once, you will want to return there again and again. According to the Spaniards themselves, there is not one, but several Spains - this is how they figuratively describe the diversity of nature and culture of the country. And none of these Spains will disappoint travelers.
Portugal
Portugal is a country of dazzling beaches, incredible landscapes and medieval villages. It attracts with its outstanding culture, language and cuisine. The aesthetic beauty of this country is not negatively affected by crowds of tourists, unlike many other popular destinations in Europe.
Italy
Italy is a country of beautiful people and wonderful food, it is a traveler's dream destination. You will find many outstanding things here, from nature and art to food and a wonderful climate. Even the most demanding visitors will be delighted with this country.
Greece
Greece has been experiencing an economic crisis in recent years, but at the same time remains the main tourist center of Europe thanks to both its historical and cultural heritage and natural attractions - beaches, mountains and islands.
Switzerland
The landscapes of Switzerland are guaranteed to take travelers' breath away. The cities in this multilingual country with incredible ethnic diversity are huge and vibrant, and the transport links are excellent.
Great Britain
There are very few places that offer as much as the UK offers travelers. There are both rocky highlands and spectacular beaches. Naturally, there are also historical sights, cultural monuments and upscale restaurants.
Uruguay
The country is often overlooked compared to its more impressive South American neighbors. But Uruguay is one of the best wine producers in the region, so it can be extremely tempting for lovers of the drink.
Mexico
Of course, as soon as the name of this country is heard, people become concerned about security. However, with the exception of the northern border of the country, which often makes headlines in a decidedly less positive way, a trip to Mexico should be more fun than scary.
Canada
Canada is the largest country in North America, covered in majestic mountains, pristine forests and stunning coastlines. But to all these natural wonders that form breathtaking landscapes, there is also a hospitable atmosphere that reigns in every corner of the country.
