By Condé Nast Traveller.
Determining
the
best
places
to
go
in
2025
was
no
easy
task.
After
all,
most
of
our
readers
suffer
from
the
same
affliction
we
do:
an
insatiable
desire
to
go
everywhere,
see
everything,
and
be
dazzled
by
the
world’s
rich
and
varied
contours.
Treating
a
new
year
as
a
blank
slate
for
fresh
adventures
is
overwhelming
then,
no
matter
how
tattered
our
passports
.
Perhaps
that’s
why
we
get
so
excited
about
change
–
as
a
way
of
narrowing
down
the
abundance
of
choices.
The
places
that
are
evolving.
The
places
that
are
just
getting
started.
The
destinations
that
are
being
reshaped
by
new
openings:
the
standout
restaurants
,
culture-defining
museums,
and
boutique
hotels
swinging
their
doors
open
in
the
coming
months.
It
is
those
places,
imbued
with
a
sense
of
a
fresh
start,
that
have
a
way
of
crawling
up
to
the
top
of
our
must-visit
lists.
In
2025
one
of
those
places
is
Greenland,
once
a
feather
in
only
the
most
seasoned
travellers’
caps.
Its
rugged
ice-scape
will
be
easier
to
reach
now
that
the
Nuuk
airport
has
expanded,
with
flights
increasing
throughout
2025.
Also
calling
to
us
is
Ho
Chi
Minh
City,
which,
at
50
years
since
the
fall
of
Saigon
this
spring,
has
fully
come
into
its
own
as
a
design
and
dining
destination.
And
on
Queensland’s
Tropical
Coast,
the
Great
Barrier
Reef
,
with
aquamarine
seas
and
a
kaleidoscope
of
sea
life,
no
longer
stands
alone
in
drawing
travellers
to
this
temperate
coastline
–
a
new
hiking
and
biking
trail
and
bold
Indigenous
art
exhibits
make
a
case
for
staying
on
dry
land
(or
simply
staying
longer).
These
are
just
some
of
the
stories
you’ll
find
below.
There
are
25
in
total.
Twenty-five
places
that,
no
questions
asked,
our
editors
would
jump
at
the
opportunity
to
visit
next
year.
(In
many
cases,
we
will
be
visiting
them
ourselves;
stay
tuned.)
Twenty-five
places
we
want
you
to
know
about,
before
your
TikTok
feed
–
or
your
kid’s
TikTok
feed
–
is
swimming
in
them.
Twenty-five
places
that
speak
to
our
values
as
travellers
in
2025,
be
it
innovation
in
conservation,
astounding
creativity,
or
a
profound
sense
of
human
connection.
We
hope
you’ll
see
the
names
not
only
of
spots
you
have
been
waiting
to
visit
(and
consider
this
your
sign
to
make
it
happen)
but
also
of
places
you’ve
never
heard
of.
Because
just
when
you
think
you’ve
seen
it
all,
we
promise
to
shine
our
spotlight
on
intriguing
new
corners
of
the
world.
.
By
Megan
Spurrell
and
Arati
Menon