Happy 2024! Here’s what to expect this year

On this week’s Traveler’s Digest, we’re welcoming the new year by sharing the best places to go this year, highlighting travel trends to watch out for and sharing which popular Italian city will start charging a tourist fee to visit. May your New Year be merry, bright, and full of adventure.

The best places to go in 2024

There are so many compelling reasons to travel far and wide in the year ahead. Emerging boutique hotels, wellness resorts, and expedition cruises, as they vie for travelers’ bookings with new offerings, are being forced to carefully consider what it means to be relevant and exciting, yes, but also sustainable. Destinations are setting their sights on everything from pioneering eco-tourism initiatives to restorative land stewardship efforts, handing back narratives to Native communities that thread their past with their future. As for us, travelers? We get to take our pick.

The biggest travel trends to expect this year

In 2024, travelers will be putting what’s important to them front and center of their plans, valuing deeper experiences that leave a positive impact, time spent with loved ones, and wellness moments that last well after checkout. We’ll be choosing destinations carefully, slowing it down to enjoy the silence and the stars, indulging in our love of food in new and interesting places, and immersing ourselves in wellness practices that help us live longer. These are the 20 travel trends likely to guide how we see the world in 2024.

Venice will start charging day-trippers this year

If a Venetian gondola ride under the Bridge of Sighs is on your travel list for 2024, you might need to fill out some extra paperwork—and pay some extra money. Venice will start charging certain tourists an entry fee to access the marvels of the delicate floating city. As part of the plan for next year, the city recently released its fee schedule for 2024 detailing the days peak-hour visitors can expect to be levied the new tax (which will only apply to tourists who are not spending the night).?

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