The bestselling, inspirational travel yearbook from the world’s leading travel authority highlights the top ten countries, cities, regions and best value destinations that Lonely Planet’s experts recommend travelers experience in 2017.
Canada ranked at top, Colombia ranked second and Finland ranked third at the top countries in the world for travelers in 2017.
"Canada is always popular with us," said Lonely Planet's Canada destination editor Alex Howard, "but there’s so much happening in 2017 that made it number one. It's the country's biggest birthday party in recent memory with the sesquicentennial next year, and they won't be shy about celebrating. Now is the time to start planning a trip."
Over 14 million international visitors chose to explore Canada between January and August 2016, including a record breaking 2.5 million overseas arrivals this summer.
Finland will be hosting Nature Days inviting people to explore the surrounding landscape and take advantage of the adundant harvest. Activities include foraging for wild mushrooms and berries and rambling through the vast woodland areas. To further honour the country’s close relationship with nature, Finland has nominated Hossa in eastern Finland to be the country’s newest national park. Hossa, which lies in Suomussalmi in the Kainuu region, will become the country’s largest national park. The total area of the new national park is roughly 11,000 hectares and is part of the Natura 2000 network of nature conservation areas in the European Union.
Top 10 countries in Lonely Planet’s Best in Travel 2017:
1. Canada
2. Colombia
3. Finland
4. Dominica
5. Nepal
6. Bermuda
7. Mongolia
8. Oman
9. Myanmar
10. Ethiopia
