Top 10 Trending Destinations For Australian Travellers In 2017

Cheering young couple take a selfie portrait on the road standing next to a kangaroo warning sign, Australia.

Aussies are flocking to some exciting and surprising destinations in the new year.

Booking.com dug into its internal data to find the trending destinations for Aussies in 2017.

Travel for 2017: Trending destinations for Australian travellers

What holiday scenario could beat having a beach paradise all to yourself, or a never-ending blanket of snow with not a soul in sight? Most of us ache for the chance to cross unchartered tourist territory, with ‘hidden gem’ tips the travel holy grail.

And as the new year dawns, our desire to discover and explore new frontiers is awakened. But how to find those places that are novel and exciting but have not yet become part of the tourist trail? To make life easy for you, Booking.com dug into its internal data to find the trending destinations for 2017.

airplane flying over tropic palm trees on a sunny day

The data experts at Booking.com analyzed destinations based on growth in search to find the most aspirational places to visit in 2017. When analyzed against wider trends*, the patterns of growth revealed some tantalizing options. Read on to find out which destinations are trending for Australian travellers.

10 of the best domestic destinations

 Hayman Island

Hahndorf

Brunswick Heads

Fraser Island

Mansfield

Coles Bay

Cooma

Nambucca Heads

Mount Hotham

Yarra Glen

 

10 of the best global destinations

Seattle, USA

Lisboa, Portugal

Reykjavik, Iceland

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Takayama, Japan

Portland, USA

Scarborough, UK

Vancouver, Canada

Banff, Canada

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